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Rome . . . the “Eternal City,” the Caput Mundi (the “capital of the world”); The city of Romulus and Remus, of the Caesars and Nero; The city that gave its name to one of the most sustained periods of peace the world has ever known, the Pax Romana ; the seat of government over the most extensive, unified empire ever; Rome .

Today I visited the Joseph P. Kennedy Center in Harlem to participate in the annual Catholic Charities Thanksgiving Food Distribution. We were able to provide food to hundreds of individuals. Here is the statement that I released to the press today: Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan Thanksgiving Statement Kennedy Memorial Center Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Thanksgiving is a most wonderful time.

Let me share with you a blog Mathew N. Schmalz wrote in the Washington Post on my inaugural address at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops General Assembly. Here is an excerpt from his blog: In content and in tone, Archbishop Dolan’s address was not a call to arms to fight an external threat.

I thought you might like to see the text of my homily from yesterday’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on the Feast of Christ the King. Here is an excerpt: The Bible today sure drives home the point: Christ is our King; the king of our hearts, the king of the nations, the king of history.

On this celebration of the feast of Christ the King, Cardinal Dolan recalls the history of this recent feast although it is ancient in its Biblical roots.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is meeting this week in our premier see, Baltimore. I thought you might want to see a copy of my opening address to my brother bishops — my first as conference President.

I almost passed up reading it, an article on a recent meeting Pope Benedict XVI had with his brother bishops from the African nations of Angola and São Tomé. The headline indicated that the Holy Father had spoken to them of three pointed pastoral challenges in Africa.