Conversation with Cardinal Dolan: October 9, 2018
Father Dave Dwyer and I catch up after our travels on today’s episode of Conversation with Cardinal Dolan. For my recent blog entry on the Rosary, click here. To read my column in Catholic New York...
View ArticleConversation with Cardinal Dolan: November 6, 2018
On today’s Conversation with Cardinal Dolan, Father Dave Dwyer and I talk about the coming season of Advent, voting and election day, social media, pro-life movements, and much more. Thanks for...
View ArticleConversation with Cardinal Dolan: January 15, 2019
I’m back from a quick visit to Ireland to spend some time with the Sisters of Mercy who inspired my vocation. On today’s Conversation with Cardinal Dolan, Father Dave Dwyer and I discuss the...
View ArticleHomily from the New York Pilgrim Mass at the March for Life: United in Faith
Can I tell you how proud I am of you, how very much I appreciate your prophetic witness on behalf of innocent babies in their mother’s wombs, how honored I am to lead you in this great prayer of the...
View ArticleJohn Cardinal O’Connor Lecture at Georgetown University
Thank you! It is an honor and a joy to be with you this morning. Especially do I savor this chance to salute a towering prophet in our beloved nation’s pursuit of the civil rights of the baby in the...
View ArticleAll God’s Children
Yesterday, the nation fittingly observed the birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King. To think he could still be with us at 90 years of age! We sure need him! His message, while profound in its...
View ArticleHiding Behind Labels
Today, with a home field advantage in the New York Times, Governor Cuomo linked me with the “religious right.” This is something new from the governor. He did not consider me part of the “religious...
View ArticleWalk with the Suffering
I’d like to share with you a powerful statement by my brother Bishop Checchio of the Diocese of Metuchen on the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, which recently passed in New Jersey....
View ArticleA Prophetic Fortitude
Happy 100th birthday, John Joseph O’Connor! We were blessed to have you as our shepherd from 1984-2000. Never can we forget you! While there are so many gifts you gave that prompt our gratitude to...
View ArticleReverence and Gratitude
Last Wednesday I wrote with reverence and gratitude about Cardinal John O’Connor, our prophetic and heroic archbishop from 1984 – 2000, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Today, as our nation...
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