Meet Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, soon to be the youngest Cardinal in the Church

The Syro Malankara Church in India is in full communion with Rome.

Congratulations to Archbishop Timothy Dolan - Elevated to Cardinal

By now you have heard or read the wonderful news! Pope Benedict names 22 new cardinals, including New York’s Timothy Dolan>.

I wanted to share an interesting post about Archbishop Dolan so this is a perfect time to do so.

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Young John, who blogs at Writings of a Boy Discerning God's Call wrote Archbishop Dolan an interesting a couple of months ago. He recently received a response from the very busy archbishop. If you click the above link you can read about it and even read the scanned letter.

I'd also ask that you keep Archbishop Dolan in your prayers as well as young men like John, who continue to discern the priesthood.

Congratulate Archbishop Raymond Burke

Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke

Congratulate Burke You can leave a message for the Archbishop at that site.

Meet the 24 new cardinals - Special Congratulations to Archbishop Raymond Burke!

The cardinals wear red to symbolize "their willingness to shed blood for the increase of the Christian Faith."

Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan - The Archbishop of Charm

Read this interesting article here

Congratulations to the New Archbishop of St. Louis

Picture source American Papist

There is news on all over the Catholic blogosphere about this new appointment.

But I would like to add what my mom said "What a very handsome archbishop!"...and pro-life :-)

Picture of Archbishop Dolan

My friend in Hawaii Janina, shared this photo with me. She thought I would like it and she was right. She is so cute. She mentioned that her mom got very close to the Archbishop. As you can see by the photo, she did. Mahalo Janina and mom!

Archbishop Dolan's Installation Mass

Photo courtesy of Thomas of American Papist

I watched most of the installation Mass yesterday afternoon on EWTN...where else? It was thrilling to watch the beauty that is our Catholic Church during this newsworthy event.

Archbishop Dolan is certainly a people-person/bishop. He seemed genuinely happy to be in New York and the warmth he greeted everyone was returned to him as well.

One highlight that I enjoyed was the following quote in his homily:

. . . the Resurrection goes on, as His Church continues to embrace and protect the dignity of every human person, the sanctity of human life, from the tiny baby in the womb to the last moment of natural passing into eternal life. 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. [Bold added by me]

Don't mess with our Church!

Doesn't that quote make you proud to be Catholic?

You can read the entire homily here

Heading the Divine Worship Committee for the USCCB

According to Fr. Z: The Bishop of Paterson Arthur J. Serratelli is now the Committee Chair! Hip, hip, hurray!!

Check out Fr. Z's blog for the rest of the new members.