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Cardinal Dolan uses DNC closing prayer to attack LGBT community

Even though the Democratic Party took a major step forward this week by supporting marriage equality in their official platform for the first time ever, Cardinal Timothy Dolan could not resist taking a shot at equal rights for the LGBT community during his closing prayer at the party’s convention after…

Cardinal Dolan to give closing prayer after Romney’s nomination

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), will deliver the closing benediction at the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week. Dolan, who has become embroiled in controversy over his handling of sex abuse in the church, will lead a final prayer after Republican…

Timothy Dolan: Obama is ‘choking’ Catholics on birth control mandate

Archbishop Timothy Dolan added another chapter Tuesday morning to the ongoing disagreement between some Catholic bishops and the White House, feeling that the Obama administration is “strangling” churches over the birth control mandate exemption. Appearing on CBS This Morning, Dolan was again adamant with his belief that the exemption made…

Archbishop Dolan says Obama gave him ‘promises’ on birth control

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Timothy Dolan, a senior U.S. Roman Catholic leader, said on Thursday President Barack Obama “gave me promises” during a White House meeting in November as Dolan pressed the Church’s criticism of a new Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans to cover birth control. Dolan, the archbishop…