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Today the New York Daily News published an opinion piece that I wrote on the importance of religious freedom around the world. I thought you might want to read it. Here is an excerpt: Faith communities are also vital participants in public debates and often help hold governments accountable to their people.

This Sunday’s New York Times Book Review has a glowing review of Professor Robert P. George’s excellent new book, Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism. Kay S. Hymowitz, the reviewer, adroitly notes that the book is “more than anything a plea for liberty of conscience, or more, specifically, for religious liberty.

Cardinal Dolan offers gratitude for the faithfuless of God and his congratulations and thanks for the witness of fidelity to those celebrating their golden wedding anniversaries.

“They shall look upon him whom they have pierced.”  Cardinal Dolan preaches about the powerful image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Cardinal Dolan inaugurates the Fortnight for Freedom by recalling the primary importance of religious freedom.

Standing in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty is one of our most beloved landmarks, both as New Yorkers and as Americans. So many of our ancestors fondly recalled seeing Lady Liberty, their first vision of a new homeland.

This week’s Catholic New York column is a (slightly shortened!) copy of the remarks I made at Saint Joseph’s Seminary last Thursday on the Making All Things New pastoral planning process. I thought you might want to see it.

Greetings from San Diego, where I have joined with my brother bishops from across the country for our annual Spring meeting. I spent last evening catching up on the news from back home, and came across a few items I’d like to share.

Cardinal Dolan preached at the young adult mass about why we need to turn to God in prayer.

I am sending the following letter to all of our parishes today, asking that it be shared with parishioners this weekend. It concerns two important issues: immigration reform, and abortion. Might I also ask your help and your prayers on these two key pieces of legislation in Washington and Albany?

Today is a promising day, because about 300 of our priests, deacons, religious, and our pastoral planning women and men, will be joining me at Saint Joseph’s Seminary to begin the next phase of our pastoral planning process, Making All Things New.

Today I joined my brother bishops of New York State in releasing a statement to the press regarding the New York State abortion bill. Here is the press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2013 STATEMENT OF THE BISHOPS OF NEW YORK STATE ON ABORTION BILL The following is a statement of Timothy Cardinal Dolan and the Bishops of New York State: We are profoundly distressed by the introduction of a bill in New York State today that would ease restrictions in state law on late-term abortion and runs the serious risk of broadly expanding abortion access at all stages of gestation.

On the feast of Corpus Christi, Cardinal Dolan urges us to renew our faith and appreciation in the Holy Eucharist.