Priests at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City were surprised by the “irreverence and disrespect” that occurred during a funeral for a transgender activist last week, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in his first public comments on it. “We didn’t know the background. We don’t do FBI checks on people who want to be buried,” Read more
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Cardinal Dolan: ‘We don’t do FBI checks on people who want to be buried’
Monday, February 26th, 2024New York Archdiocese investigating ‘God is trans’ exhibit at Catholic parish
Monday, May 15th, 2023The Archdiocese of New York is investigating a Catholic parish in Manhattan for hosting an art exhibit called “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey.” The exhibit, which “maps the queer spiritual journey” and claims that “there is no devil,” has upset some parishioners at the Church of St Paul the Apostle, while others are Read more
COVID-19 vaccine: No grounds for religious exemption
Thursday, August 5th, 2021
The Archdiocese of New York has instructed priests not to grant religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine, saying that to do so would contradict the pope. “There is no basis for a priest to issue a religious exemption to the vaccine,” John P. Cahill, the archdiocese’s chancellor, stated in a memo to all pastors, administrators, Read more