January 12, 2011
by Margaret Cabaniss
Some discouraging news: After more than 20 years of a slow but steady decline in both the rate and number of abortions performed in the U.S., the Guttmacher Institute is reporting a slight increase in its latest survey. The increase was just 1%, to 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women of child-bearing age in 2008, from [...]
January 7, 2011
by Zoe Romanowsky
CBS reports that almost 40 percent of pregnancies in New York City ended in abortion in 2009, according to the city's health department. Out of 225,667 recorded pregnancies there were 126,774 live births and 87,273 abortions. Archbishop Timothy Dolan joined with other religious leaders yesterday calling for efforts to make abortions "rare:" "I re-affirm Cardinal [...]
December 20, 2010
by Deal W. Hudson
I was putting together my list of "ten most laughable public attacks of 2010" when I received an e-mail newsletter from Chris Korzen and the team at Catholics United. Korzen's letter -- an attack on Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York -- was packed with alternately risible [...]
November 24, 2010
by Margaret Cabaniss
Newly elected USCCB president Archbishop Timothy Dolan gave an interview with the New York Times where he spoke about his surprise election, the pope's recent comments on condoms, and what he sees as the biggest obstacles facing the Church: He said the bishops would not stop speaking out on political issues like abortion, same-sex marriage and immigration. [...]
November 22, 2010
by Russell Shaw
Fourteen years after the death of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, the American bishops have put the Bernardin era in their national conference behind them. Among the multiple messages of their choice of Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, that may be the most important. The symbolism by [...]
November 16, 2010
by Deal W. Hudson
In what can only be described as a sea change, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York has just been elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He won in a runoff, beating out controversial frontrunner Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. It's the first time since the 1960s that the sitting vice president didn't [...]
October 20, 2010
by Margaret Cabaniss
Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York City is not happy with the New York Times. In a post from his personal blog yesterday, he bemoaned "the common, casual way [the paper] offends Catholic sensitivity, something they would never think of doing — rightly so — to the Jewish, Black, Islamic, or gay communities." He cites [...]
February 17, 2010
by Zoe Romanowsky
Lent. It's here already. My Shrove Tuesday fare was a bit subdued because I'm fighting a cold, but I managed to make my favorite pancakes. With only 7 tablespoons of flour and 1 cup of sour cream, it's the perfect food for Fat Tuesday. But I'm not posting to tell you about my pancakes. A [...]
January 15, 2010
by Margaret Cabaniss
Time for your Friday morning round-up: Via the Anchoress, Archbishop Dolan on the earthquake in Haiti: "Haiti is the broken, bloody body of Jesus, in the arms of His blessed mother, crying out to the world now for aid and assistance." If you're still looking for a way to help, Lizzie has one of the [...]
