The Archives of the Archdiocese of New York announces the launch of a digital database of historical sacramental records dating back to the earliest documented Catholic baptisms and marriages in the Archdiocese of New York, in 1785.

February brings a lot of anniversaries for me. The 6th was, in Jack Benny’s vocabulary, the 29th anniversary of my 39th birthday; the 18th of this usually dreary month was my 6th anniversary of becoming a cardinal; on February 23 I observed nine years of my appointment by Pope Benedict XVI as your pastor.

There are many myths out there about immigration, but the most common ones are myths based on inaccurate facts. Knowing the actual facts about immigration and immigrants would also lower the rhetorical temperature on this issue and help make sound public policy -- as well as fulfilling our duty as Catholics to bring faith and reason together.

Best-selling author and prominent papal biographer, George Weigel, will be at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7:30PM to discuss LESSONS IN HOPE, his most recent and personal book about the late Pope Saint John Paul II.

The US Bishops have called on Catholics to contact our federal legislators on Monday, February 26, to support the "Dreamers" -- people who came to the United States as children and who do not have any legal immigration status.

As anyone growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s can tell you, it was hard not to notice and be impressed by the Reverend Billy Graham.  There was no question that the Dolans were a Catholic family, firm in our faith, but in our household there was always respect and admiration for Billy Graham and the work he was doing to bring people to God. 

I am writing this on Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday, so my mind is on Lent, our forty days of spiritual preparation for Holy Week and Easter.

I was going to post this article by Sr. Patricia McCarthy, CND, columnist for "Rhode Island Catholic." The mass murders in Florida make Sr. Patricia's message more urgent than ever.

The latest tragedy in Florida challenges us to take firm practical steps to reduce the availability of guns. It also reminds us that the solution to the darkness in the human heart is the light of Jesus Christ.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, has the following public events on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, which is observed this year on Wednesday, February 14.

A new proposal by the Governor purports to protect people from discrimination by organizations that receive government contracts. But in reality it is designed and intended to threaten the very existence of religious institutions that decline to adhere to the new orthodoxy of gender and sexual ideology.

An unexpected encounter with someone whose voice was crucial to his career led to discoveries about St. Blaise.

The Governor's abortion expansion bill would eliminate the legal requirement that a second doctor be present at any late-term abortion to provide medical care if the baby is born alive. This cruel bill would mean that live-born babies will be left to die from neglect.

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture announces the launch of its 2018 Winter/Spring season with a robust program of film, theater, music, and talks featuring NBC TODAY host and cultural influencer Megyn Kelly, MSNBC host and author Chris Matthews, CNBC senior contributor Larry Kudlow, celebrated author and performance poet Sapphire, Fox News chief national correspondent Ed Henry, Director of the Vatican Observatory Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., and renowned Catholic thought leaders George Weigel and Chris Lowney.

The Ike Sturm Ensemble will be performing the world premiere of a sacred work for chamber jazz ensemble and string quartet titled “Wide + Free” at the Sanctuary of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday, January 25, 2017 at 7PM.

New York already has disgracefully high rates of abortion. But our Governor proposes to remove even the few remaining limits on abortion in our state law.

The following is the text of the homily to be delivered by Cardinal Dolan at the Mass of the Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18.

A new poll confirms the strength of pro-life beliefs among Americans, which is a source of hope and encouragement as we prepare for the annual March for Life in Washington.

There will be a Mass on Sunday, January14, 2018 at 2 PM at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Altagracia, patroness of the Dominican Republic. / Habrá una misa el domingo 14 de enero de 2018 a las 2 PM en la Catedral de San Patricio en honor a Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, patrona de la República Dominicana.