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The 73rd Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner featuring honored guests the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Nikki R. Haley as Keynote Speaker and acclaimed comedian Jim Gaffigan as Master of Ceremonies, is scheduled for Thursday, October 18, 2018 at the New York Hilton Midtown. 

Monsignor Robert T. Ritchie, Rector of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, will celebrate the 10:15 AM Mass this Sunday, October 14, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in commemoration of the six new saints to be declared by Pope Francis at the Canonization Mass, this Sunday, in Rome.

Archbishop of New York Timothy Cardinal Dolan will be the principal celebrant for the COLUMBUS DAY MASS at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Monday, October 8, 2018 at 9:30 AM.  Bishop James F. Checchio from the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey will deliver the homily.

Ambassador Nikki R. Haley, the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will be the speaker at the 73rd annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on Thursday, October 18, 2018 in the Grand Ballroom of New York’s Hilton Hotel Midtown.

The first annual Guardian Mass of the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn will take place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Monday, October 1, 2018 at 12pm. The Guardian Mass will honor the men and women of New York City agencies, both local and federal, who work to ensure the safety of the people of New York.

My column is not usually a place to discuss personnel moves, but I hope you will allow me to give you some background on two decisions that are particularly significant for our archdiocese.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, today announced that Judge Barbara S. Jones, former Federal Judge and prosecutor, has accepted his invitation to serve as “Special Counsel and Independent Reviewer” to review, evaluate, and recommend improvements to the Archdiocese of New York’s response to the sexual abuse crisis currently confronting the Church.

Over this difficult summer, I’ve done a lot of listening. Many of you have told me that you are upset, angry, bewildered, and frustrated about the ongoing crisis of sexual abuse in the Church. I am not afraid to say that so am I. This has been a painful period for all Catholics.

Russell Shaw offers "bright spots through the storm" of the current crisis afflicting the Church.

Even with all the ugliness that we've seen in the reports of sexual abuse in the Church, we cannot reject the whole because of the evils in some parts. I still see the beauty of the Church I love, the Bride of Christ.

All summer, with news of the stinging scandals—Theodore McCarrick, the Pennsylvania Grand Jury, the controversy caused by Archbishop Vigano’s controversial letter—one right after the other, I began to wonder about the power of Satan, the prince of darkness. While we Catholics were sad, the Devil was laughing.

The 2018 Fall Season opens this month with an outstanding array of events, including the second installment of JESUITS AND JEDI EPISODE II: THE DOMINICANS STRIKE BACK, on September 29 at 7:00PM in the Loreto Theater. This critically-acclaimed SHEEN CENTER original series presents the dialogue between faith and science through the highly accessible and iconic lens of Star Wars and will feature guest speakers Fr. Humbert Kilanowski, O.P. and Fr. John Marie Devaney, O.P.

You have to admit that my topic for this column is seasonal! I want to write about freedom, and here we just celebrated the Fourth of July, the day our beloved country declared its independence from England and became a free people.

An obituary for Mother Angelica, the effects of a Landmark designation, and dispelling rumors about the fate of Father Uzhunnalil.

The upcoming court case of the Little Sisters of the Poor and some lighter news.

CARDINAL DOLAN TO CELEBRATE MASS SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE SISTERS

It’s not farfetched to imagine what might have happened: that mother’s legitimate and understandable apprehension and isolation could have led her to Planned Parenthood; she could have been going to a parish which she found unwelcoming, cold, impersonal, where she did not feel safe, near to the Lord, or at home, and where she would not have been inclined to turn in her crisis; or, in those fretful minutes after her baby’s birth, she might have run to a church to find it bolted–up, with a sign on the outside telling her, probably in English, to come back during office hours.  Thank God that nightmare remains only a “might–have–been.”

The Archdiocese of New York has received allegations of abuse of minors against Father Richard Gorman, the director of prison chaplains for the archdiocese.  The alleged abuse would have occurred 30 years ago. As usual, the archdiocese immediately reported the allegations to law enforcement officials ...