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...next Archbishop of New York City, perhaps the nation's most prominent pulpit. Dolan inherits the second largest archdiocese in the United States, with 2.5 million Catholics in nearly 400 churches, on April 15. Known as a staunch defender of church orthodoxy, he is succeeding retiring Cardinal Edward Egan at a crucial time: the church in New York City faces a bleak economic future and is dealing with the fallout from a spate of controversial church and school closings. His résumé indicates that he's well suited for the challenge: Dolan helped unite the fragmented Catholic community...
...always heard about the Briggs-Copeland lectureships—they’re pre-eminent,” said Christina S. Davis, the curator of the George Edward Woodberry Poetry Room and organizer of the event. “I felt like to anchor my season, I wanted to begin by honoring them...
...very helpful, adding that “the revised draft will reflect the feedback we received.” The reaccreditation process will culminate Oct. 18 through 21, when a NEASC delegation, headed by Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia, will visit campus. —Staff writer Edward-Michael Dussom can be reached at emdussom@fas.harvard.edu...
...little disappointments, followed by a twist of the knife that makes it just that much worse. For instance, one classic submission reads, “Today, my girlfriend dumped me proclaiming she wanted someone more like her ‘Edward’. I asked her who Edward was. She held up a copy of her ‘Twilight’ book. She was talking about a fictional vampire. FML.”Unfortunately, few of the stories are so unambiguously amusing. A distressing number recount long periods of time in which the only person to contact the poster...
...month of bad public relations for the Vatican, the opportunity to name a replacement for the retiring and less-than-media-friendly Cardinal Edward Egan, 76, Archbishop of New York, was a godsend. The man announced on Monday to lead the archdiocese arrives well equipped for the job. Timothy Dolan, 59, who has been in charge of the Milwaukee Archdiocese since 2002, has long been considered among the most likable and loquacious senior American prelates. In the late 1990s, while serving as rector of the Pontifical North American College, the largest English-speaking seminary in Rome, he was a major...