SAVE THE DATE!
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
at the Union League Club in New York City
JOIN US for the 23rd Annual
GREAT DEFENDER OF LIFE DINNER
honoring
His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop Emeritus of New York
Bio: https://www.archny.org/cardinal-dolan/
Cardinal Dolan has recently retired as Archbishop of New York, after 17 years. His leadership in New York and the nation on the life issues has been consistently exemplary, from valiant public protest against New York state’s tragic promotion of abortion and assisted suicide, to the reiteration of the late Cardinal O’Connor’s promise that any pregnant woman in need can come to the archdiocese for help; to the creating of the Pro-Life Commission; to support of organizations like the Sisters of Life and Good Counsel homes, often with appearances at their events. When he first came to New York, Archbishop Dolan wrote a note to me that my dad J.P. was “his hero.” And now he is ours!
Cardinal Dolan is also a contributor to the HLR: In 2012, he led our symposium, “Truth-telling in the Public Square,” and we have reprinted several of his excellent columns from the local and national press.
—Maria McFadden Maffucci
Here is the Cardinal in a recent interview:
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/retiring-ny-cardinal-dolan-says-he-s-a-spiritual-granddad-now
Though Dolan outspokenly opposed the recent physician assisted suicide bill — even speaking personally with Gov. Kathy Hochul, a practicing Catholic, about it — Hochul signed the bill earlier this month.
Dolan sees a connection between the bill and New York’s policy on abortion.
“I’m not surprised,” Dolan said of the passage. “Because why should not the abortion capital of the United States, if not the world, New York, now become the euthanasia capital?”
“If human life is cheap — if the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of the human life is not respected, especially when it’s most vulnerable: the baby in the womb or grandma in hospice — why would we not be surprised?” he continued.
“If human life is thought to be burdensome — if its only value is that it’s useful, or that it can produce, or that it’s not inconvenient to me — then we’re in trouble. We’re in trouble,” Dolan said. “Why do you think we have these shoot-em-ups? Why do you think we have violence on the street? Because human life is so cheap.”
When asked about the “scandal” of Catholic politicians supporting policies opposed to Church teaching, Dolan noted that Catholic moral teaching is aligned with natural law and human reason.
“It might deepen your chagrin when a committed Catholic takes positions that are contrary to the faith,” he said. “But Catholic positions are Catholic positions because they’re based on human reason, the integrity of the human person, God’s revelation in natural law.”
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Cocktails 6:00 ◊ Dinner 7:30
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