Timothy Cardinal Dolan and Ronald Hicks, Archbishop-designate of New York, celebrate an Advent/Christmas Mass for archdiocesan employees in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Hicks, of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of New York following Dolan’s mandatory retirement at the age of 75. | ABC7NY

As we celebrate the feast of Saint John Chrysostom, a great preacher of the Church, I want to let you know that we hear you and our Archdiocese of New York priests are working hard on their sermons for you. | Timothy Cardinal Dolan

I’m going to start something new the next couple of weeks: “Worth Recovering!” In other words, devotions, practices, and some of the essentials of Catholic life that we’ve lost track of over the last decades. Let’s start with one of the basics: the Sign of the Cross. | Timothy Cardinal Dolan