Timothy Dolan

United States Catholics: A Church Divided

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.17.2012

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So rogue are most Roman Catholics when it comes to papal teaching, that Catholic dissidence often seems the norm.

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You'll Never Guess Who Cardinal Dolan Tweeted About

Posted 05.09.2012

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Timothy Cardinal Dolan has officially joined Twitter, and the notoriously humorous Vatican official wasted no time making jokes on his account. In...

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Catholic Bishops Support Republicans

Fred Rotondaro | Posted 04.10.2012

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The bishops would of course never tell their parishioners to vote Republican, but they left little to the imagination. Priests would preach at mass about the necessity of voting only for pro-life candidates.

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When A Young Catholic Has Had Enough, He Resigns

Joseph Amodeo | Posted 04.05.2012

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In light of Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan's comments directed at the LGBT community, I resigned from the Executive Committee of the Junior Board of Catholic Charities.

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Cardinal Dolan Responds To My Open Letter

Carl Siciliano | Posted 04.02.2012

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Recently I published an open letter to Cardinal Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, calling his attention to the epidemic numbers of LGBT youth being rejected by their parents and forced into homelessness. Last week I received the following reply from Cardinal Dolan.

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Cardinal Dolan, Stop Endangering LGBT Youth

Carl Siciliano | Posted 05.20.2012

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I am writing to you on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of LGBT youths who have been driven from their homes by parents unwilling or unable to accept their own children because they are gay.

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The Highest Possible Stakes: Human Rights And Religion

Bishop Pierre Whalon | Posted 05.13.2012

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Should the Catholic Church militate for equal rights for women before the law and support access to health care as a basic human right? Yes indeed -- the credibility of the Gospel requires it.

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Timothy Dolan: God's 'Beabull'

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.25.2012

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Although I'd never put a nickel in his collection basket, I almost like Timothy Dolan sometimes. And that's the point.

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A Bright Idea: Invite Worship Groups Evicted From Public Schools To Worship In Shuttered Catholic Churches

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.22.2012

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Although I feel strongly that a public school should never be identified with any one religion, I tend to think a church group has as much right to rent space in a public building as a theater group has.

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Open Letter To Archbishop Timothy Dolan: Stop The Partisan Politics

Rev. Chuck Currie | Posted 04.14.2012

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There is a double standard where the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is concerned: you'll start a nuclear political war with a pro-choice Democrat but allow a pro-life Republican to get away with anything.

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Religious Leaders To Obama: Thanks For Pro-Choice Birth Control Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.30.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A group of religious organizations Monday thanked President Obama for his administration's recent decision on contraception, hoping t...

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan Named A Cardinal

Posted 01.06.2012

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Holy upgrade! The vatican announced the appointment of 22 new cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, including the appointment of Archbishop Tim...

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Church Is Not Fading, Says Head Of U.S. Catholic Bishops

AP | By RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 11.14.2011

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BALTIMORE -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says the church should not be dismissed as an outmoded bureaucracy. Archbishop ...

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Should DOMA Dogma Be Law?

Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson | Posted 12.10.2011

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Bishop Dolan predicts (threatens?) that if marriage equality is allowed, "a systemic national conflict between Church and State" will ensue. He wants the "formidable moral, economic, and coercive power" to enforce the Catholic definition of marriage.

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Catholic Bishop Warns Of 'National Conflict' Over Gay Marriage

Posted 11.22.2011

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By David Gibson Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) The nation's top Catholic bishop issued a stern challenge to the Obama administration's decis...

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What Neighborhood Has The City's Highest Abortion Rate?

Inae Oh | Posted 11.09.2011

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A study released by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reveals Chelsea to have the highest abortion rate in New York City, with 67.23 percent...

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Archbishop Thinks Polygamy Is The Next Battle After Gay Marriage

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2011

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NEW YORK -- New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan says he's worried that the next step in the marriage debate will be another redefinition to allow polyg...

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Marriage Equality In New York: A Moral Triumph

Michele Somerville | Posted 08.29.2011

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On any given day, I am a proud New Yorker, but having long harbored equal marriage envy, I am pleased to be enjoying a novel sensation of "Empire State" pride in being a same-sex marriage state.

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Gay Marriage Bill In New York Comes Down To The Wire

Posted 08.19.2011

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By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of gay marriage made 11th-hour appeals on Sunday as state lawmakers weighed a vo...

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Cuomo Snubs Archbishop Dolan

Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Cuomo is a busy man. The governor's schedule is so packed he couldn't squeeze in time to meet with Archbishop Timothy Dolan when he travels to...

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38 Percent Of All NY Pregnancies Ended In Abortion In 2009

Posted 05.25.2011

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The city's health department released a report that says 38.7% percent of New York's pregnancies in 2009 were aborted. While the number of induced ter...

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Head of Catholic Bishops Conference Backs Culture Warrior Bill Donohue

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Up until now, it's been easy to dismiss Donohue and the Catholic League as a faith-based fringe movement. But Archbishop Timothy Dolan's recent comments are cause for much deeper concern.

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Paterson, Archbishop Dolan To Discuss Park51 Islamic Center

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson said Monday he'll meet with Archbishop Timothy Dolan to discuss a mosque and Islamic community center planned...

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Archbishop Speaks Out Against Bias Attacks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Archbishop Timothy Dolan told parishioners during Mass on Sunday that he was saddened by a spate of suspected anti-Hispanic attacks o...

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Archbishop Dolan Speaks Out On 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan thinks there's room for compromise in the mosque near Ground Zero debate. "My major prayer is that what has turned into so...

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