Archdiocese staff have been laid off to help cover the costs of the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal in New York. It is possible even more staff may have to leave, Cardinal Timothy Dolan warns. Before dismissing staff however, the Archdiocese sold its First Ave. Manhattan office headquarters building for US $100 million. It will be Read more
The Archdiocese of New York has filed a lawsuit against its long-time insurer, Chubb, accusing the company of evading its responsibility to cover settlements related to clerical sexual abuse claims. Cardinal Timothy Dolan alleges that Chubb is neglecting its contractual obligations despite receiving billions in premiums from the archdiocese over the years. In a letter Read more
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
The Hong Kong government has dismissed a petition from ten bishops to release the Catholic entrepreneur and democracy activist Jimmy Lai from prison. The government accused the bishops of using “distorted words” that verge on “contempt of court”. The Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney, Archbishop John Wilson of Read more
There’s a booming migrant crisis exploding across New York City. The city’s bursting. NYC Mayor Adams has declared a state of emergency. Archbishop of New York, Timothy Cardinal Dolan is trying to fix it – or at least, get some relief. He’s been calling out for a fellow Catholic, President Joe Biden, to help with Read more
The US Democrats and Republicans have both invited Catholics to lead the prayers at their respective parties’ conventions. Father James Martin SJ and Sister Simone Campbell (pictured), a Sister of Social Service and New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan were shoulder-tapped to pray at these key political events. Yesterday, Martin and Campbell’s prayers were offered during Read more
A newly-released book, The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission, is about desirable qualities in a future pope. Copies of George Weigel’s book have been sent to all 222 cardinals across the globe, courtesy of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan. In doing so, he broke with a longstanding practice that Read more
Magazine articles critical of the flattering comments New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan made about President Donald Trump have been withdrawn from publication. Even though they have been withdrawn, one of the articles has been saved by a digital archive that allows people to see websites as they existed at various points in time. A link Read more
New York’s cardinal, Timothy Dolan, praised President Donald Trump last week during a group telephone call with 600 Catholic leaders and key White House staff. Responding to Trump’s request for their political support, Dolan thanked him for his leadership on pro-life and religious liberty issues. Trump responded by tweeting that he would be watching Sunday Read more
US Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden says a priest’s decision to deny him communion because of his views on abortion is “private matter”. He says he wishes the priest (Robert Morey) hadn’t taken the issue to the press. Biden, who is a life-long Catholic, says Morey’s move to inform the press is “not a position Read more