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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 ...