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We haven’t let up in our efforts to pass the Education Investment Tax Credit bill. My thanks to Bill McGurn in today’s Post for his support. Here’s an excerpt: Why does this matter to others? It matters because a child who attends a Catholic school is much likelier to finish high school and attend college than his or her public-school counterpart.

Cardinal Dolan speaks with Rabbi David Rosen about Pope Francis’ trip to the Holy Land.

Cardinal Dolan and Monsignor John Kozar reflect on their time spent in the Jordan.

In the beginning of April, I wrote a column in the New York Post, of my disappointment of the Education Investment Tax Credit not being included in the state budget. My thanks to Michael Goodwin for his column on the tax credit in this Sunday’s New York Post.

This is the season of graduations! College, high school, eighth grade . . . Even my nephew Patrick has invited me to his kindergarten graduation! Congratulations to our graduates and to the folks who sacrificed to get them to this exciting stage in life.

The USCCB Media Blog is previewing the upcoming visit by Pope Francis to the Holy Land. Yesterday they carried a piece by me on the visit deepening the friendship between Catholics and Jews. Today, Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines blogs on bringing hope to a hopeless situation.

In Sunday’s New York Post , Naomi Schaefer Riley had an excellent article on the value of Catholic schools, and why we must work to save them! She shares a wonderful story of a student, Jason Tejada, who attended Incarnation School in Washington Heights and All Hallows High School in the Bronx, and went on to Columbia University, and is now working at JPMorgan.

Cardinal Dolan’s Homily for Sunday, May 18, 2014.

Cardinal Dolan’s Homily for Sunday, May 11, 2014.

Heading home from Jordan today. What an inspiring and informative journey! My thanks to Deacon Greg Kendra for posting these updates on the CNEWA blog. From their home, the sisters offer Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria counseling, schooling, formal catechesis and emergency assistance to those in dire need.

Here is more on my pastoral visit to Jordan as Chairman of the Board of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. My thanks to Msgr. John Kozar and Deacon Greg Kendra for making the blog post possible!

One of the responsibilities – it’s actually a privilege – of being the Archbishop of New York is to serve as the Chairman of the Board of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association , a papal agency for humanitarian and pastoral support .

The readings from God’s Holy Word in the Bible during this bright Easter season are most enlightening and encouraging. A facet I enjoy a lot, especially evident in our selections at Mass, and in the Divine Office we clergy and religious daily pray, is the narrative, particularly in the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles of Paul, Peter, James, and John, about the growth and structuring of the infant Church.