Blog - February 2017 RSS Feed

Today on “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan,” Monsignor Jim Vlaun and I discuss preparations for Lent, my visit to Rome, and the food of Fat Tuesday.

Today on “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan,” we’re broadcasting from Rome! I’m with Cardinal Kevin Farrell in the Karol Wojtyła Studio at Vatican Radio to talk about the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.

I’m delighted to be counted among the ranks of CNEWA’s 90th anniversary series, “90 Years, 90 Heroes.” Many thanks to Greg Kandra for thinking of me, and to the heroic Catholic Near East Welfare Association for all the work that they do!

Last week we observed “Catholic Schools” Week, a chance to trumpet the acclaimed work of our schools – – which, as one of our elected officials in Albany remarked, “Does twice the good work at half the price” in educating our children – – and to thank our leaders and benefactors for helping us keep them strong.

On “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan,” Father Dave Dwyer and I discuss New York City in February, the consistency of the Catholic perspective, and effects of social media.

Here is my Homily from February 5th, 2017. Thanks for listening!

I’d like to share with you a column I wrote about recent troubling developments at the state and national levels. Here’s an excerpt: Recently, over an enjoyable meal, a rabbi friend and I discussed at length a litany of controversial issues, from immigration to the death penalty; from minimum wage to abortion; from prison reform to physician-assisted-suicide.