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A few days ago, I came across an interesting column in The Long Island Catholic written by Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre . He writes about President Obama’s healthcare mandate. Here is an excerpt: This mandate is a radical incursion on the part of our government into freedom of conscience founded on our religious beliefs!

Today, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed article that I wrote on President Obama’s healthcare reform law and protecting our religious freedom. I thought you might want to read it. Here is an excerpt: Scarcely two weeks ago, in its Hosanna-Tabor decision upholding the right of churches to make ministerial hiring decisions, the Supreme Court unanimously and enthusiastically reaffirmed these longstanding and foundational principles of religious freedom.

On the 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Cardinal Dolan encourages us to persevere in our pro-life efforts by reminding us what is often forgotten, the baby.

I came across a fascinating article in Zenit written by Elizabeth Lev. Ms. Lev writes about her experience while visiting New York City. I thought you might be interested in reading it. Here’s an excerpt: On a recent trip to New York City, I was struck once again by the intense and dramatic contrasts that live side by side in this cosmopolitan mecca.

One of the Christmas gifts I received was the recent biography, Stan Musial, by veteran sportswriter George Vecsey . On the morning it was announced that the Holy Father had nominated me a cardinal, one of the journalists at the press conference in front of the Christmas crib in St. Patrick’s Cathedral asked if I had ever “wanted to be a cardinal.” “Yes,” I readily replied.

Basing his homily on the second reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, Cardinal Dolan preaches about the virtue of chastity.

Yesterday, I came across this interesting op-ed in the New York Times written by Dowell Myers, a professor in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Myers writes about reforming the immigration policy and the importance of accepting migrants and their children in our society.

This afternoon, I spoke at the Police Athletic League Luncheon in Midtown Manhattan. Here are my remarks that I released to the press today: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 12, 2012 STATEMENT OF CARDINAL-DESIGNATE TIMOTHY DOLAN In remarks at the Police Athletic League luncheon today, Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan observed: “High on the long list of things I love about this great community would be its historic warm welcome to immigrants, refugees, and men and women of every faith – or none at all – and the embracing climate of religious and ethnic friendship.

Cardinal Dolan teaches us what Jesus understood to be a balanced day: work and prayer.

I recently came across this interesting article in The Economist about religious freedom and the persecution of Christians around the world. I thought you might want to read it. Here is an excerpt: CHRISTIANITY is growing almost as fast as humanity itself, but its 2.2 billion adherents cannot count on safety in numbers.

On the feast of the Epiphany, Cardinal Dolan reminds us that the gifts of Epiphany are representative of the gift of God’s Son to us and our gifts to God.

On this “Twelfth Day of Christmas” the traditional celebration of the Epiphany, I have received a gift from Pope Benedict XVI, as he announced just a couple of hours ago at the end of Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica that I would be among those to become a cardinal in Rome at the consistory of February 18 th .

In this homily, Cardinal Dolan preaches about the theological significance of the Epiphany, the revelation of Jesus Christ as Savior of the world, by encouraging us to imagine ourselves as one of the magi.

A blessed New Year! Let me catch you while the year is still fresh to suggest a couple resolutions. There are a few promises we can make for 2012, during these first days of the first week of the New Year, about the first things in life.