Timothy Dolan

The transition has already begun for the man who will be Milwaukee’s next Archbishop. Current La Crosse Bishop and Milwaukee Archbishop-Designate Jerome Listecki is already busy getting ready for his new job. When he first came to Milwaukee following the announcement of his new post, he sought patience and forgiveness, admitting he will make mistakes. “When you assume a position of leadership, you look at what leadership demands and how many aspects of diversity are a part of it, and you know you’re going to make mistakes,” said Listecki in a one-on-one ... Read Full Story

Proudly Pro-Choice on Education New York's archbishop on schools and the challenges facing the Catholic Church. MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY New York 'The child is not a mere creature of the state. Parents have the primary responsibility to see how and where their children are educated." Ismael Roldan For thousands of lower-income New York children caught in the city's failing public school system, any high-profile advocate for choice in education might seem to be heaven-sent. Perhaps this one is. His name is Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the newly appointed spiritual leader of New York's 2.5 million Catholics. When I went to see Archbishop Dolan early on ... Read Full Story

I cannot say that I am surprised by the admission of former Roman Catholic Archbishop Rembert Weakland that he is gay in his new memoirs, " A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop. " Indeed, while I make no excuses for him, I suspect that Weakland is but one of thousands self-hating closet case within the Catholic Church hierarchy who has tried to suppressed his sexual orientation and often transferred his internalized homophobia to normal, self-accepting gays. The closet and its attraction fueled by a gay-bashing society/churches is an insidious cancer that needs to be eradicated in a gay accepting ... Read Full Story

In his first days as head of the Roman Catholic Church in New York, Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrated Mass in prison, talked baseball in the Yankees and Mets broadcast booths, visited the World Trade Center site and nibbled matzo at a symbolic Seder. Everywhere he went, the cleric was quick with a smile, a joke and a hug. To a youngster at the Seder he quipped, "I know you'd rather be in math class!" He told inmates at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility that he loves ministering to prisoners because, "You're the only people who never leave Mass early." He also obligingly autographed a ... Read Full Story

When Archbishop Timothy Dolan became the leader of the New York Archdiocese this week, he read a part of his first sermon in Spanish. It made demographic sense — many of the city's Roman Catholics are Latino. But the church, which will increasingly rely on Hispanics for its continued vitality, is facing a challenge: A small but growing number of Latinos are turning to Protestant denominations, particularly Pentecostal and Evangelical, finding the worship styles and Hispanic pulpit leadership can be a better fit for their spiritual needs. The shift from Catholic to other Christian denominations has been gathering momentum in the Latino community in ... Read Full Story