Abp. Dolan: ‘Most Pressing Life Issue Today is Abortion'

'When our critics criticize us for being passionate, stubborn, almost obsessed with protecting the human rights of the baby in the womb,they intend it as an insult. I take it as a compliment'.

One of my favorite Bishops...and he has a new blog!

At his installation Mass Archbishop Timothy Dolan signaled his intention to defend human life with these words: "As the Servant of God Terrence Cardinal Cooke wrote, 'Human life is no less sacred or worthy of respect because it is tiny, pre-born, poor, sick, fragile, or handicapped.' Yes, the Church is a loving mother who has a zest for life and serves life everywhere, but she can become a protective 'mamma bear' when the life of her innocent, helpless cubs is threatened… Everyone in this mega-community is a somebody with an extraordinary destiny…. Everyone is a somebody in whom God has invested an infinite love. That is why the Church reaches out to the unborn, the suffering, the poor, our elders, the physically and emotionally challenged, those caught in the web of addictions."

Archbishop Timothy Dolan loves the Lord and the Church with an infectious enthusiasm borne of a sincere, living faith. He is filled with the joy of the Lord. He is also an evangelizer, to the bone. He has quickly become a significant personality on the Catholic Channel of the Sirius Radio Network. He is a man comfortable in his own skin, at ease with the use of the media, filled with the Holy Spirit, and eager to share the Gospel, as found in its fullness within the Catholic Church. In fact, without any fanfare, he recently launched his own weblog called “the Gospel in the Digital Age” (http://www.archny.org/news-events/columns-and-blogs/blog---the-gospel-in-the-digital-age/) Visitors are welcomed to the blog with these words: “Welcome to my new blog, The Gospel In The Digital Age.