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Today on Conversation with Cardinal Dolan , Father Dave Dwyer and I talk about the Miraculous Medal, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in Manhattan.

Here is my homily for the Feast of Christ the King, November 26, 2017. Thanks for listening!

Today on Conversation with Cardinal Dolan , Monsignor Jim Vlaun and I are broadcasting from Baltimore, where we are attending the 100th Anniversary Fall General Assembly of the USCCB. We are joined by Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin, Texas.

It’s a question on everybody’s mind: What’s wrong? How is all this happening? Where has this virus infecting our beloved country come from? It’s a question on the minds of your pastors, us bishops, as we meet this week for our annual assembly.

The Formation of the National Catholic War Council The Origin of the USCCB Happy 100 th Anniversary, my brother bishops, members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops! Welcome especially to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and our nuncio, Archbishop Christoph Pierre.

Credit: New York Post/Shutterstock I’d like to share with you a powerful piece in the New York Post by Dr. Russell Moore about the recent tragedy at Sutherland Springs, Texas. Here’s an excerpt: The goal the gunman sought, to terrorize worshippers, has been attempted constantly over the centuries around the world by cold, rational governments and terrorist groups — all thinking they could, by the trauma of violence, snuff out churches, or at least intimidate those churches into hiding from one another.

Today on Conversation with Cardinal Dolan , Father Dave Dwyer and I discuss a bit of Catholic history and upcoming events. Our prayers go out to Sutherland Springs, Texas.

When we cry, as I’m afraid we do, isn’t it good to remember that God cries too?