Timothy M. Dolan

Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, Dolan serves as the tenth and current Archbishop of New York.

Quotes

• The remarks attributed to John Podesta, who is Mrs. Clinton’s chief of staff, are just extraordinarily patronizing and insulting to Catholics. What he would say is offensive. And if it had been said about the Jewish community, if it had been said about the Islamic community, within 10 minutes there would have been an apology.
  • Cardinal Dolan Blasts Hillary Clinton’s Catholic Bashing: It is “Patronizing and Insulting to Catholics” (October 21, 2016)

• Every year, of course, our opponents who are well-oiled, and very popular, and who have access to a lot of prestigious support, every year, they say this is over, and the pro-lifers are the extremists. It’s becoming more and more clear that the real extremists are the pro-abortionists. They are the ones that will not allow any dialogue at all. They are the ones who will not allow absolutely any consideration of any restriction on the abortion license, even something as hideous and nauseating as partial-birth abortion. Absolutely not. We do not talk about it. We will not consider it. This is the kind of dug-in, close-minded extremist party, namely the pro-abortionists.
  • Cardinal Dolan on the ‘Culture of Death’: ‘Isolated, Chic Left’ in Denial About Growing Pro-Life Support in America (January 26 2017)

• I've already gotten, you know, dozens and dozens of texts and phone calls of sympathy, probably a majority of my Jewish friends, were most of them from the Jewish community, who felt extraordinary touched.
  • As quoted in Michael Stallone, Cardinal Dolan joins GDNY, reflects on Pope Francis' legacy: 'Man of the people' (April 21, 2025)

• (About pope Francis' s death) I use this word like you Italians do, as a compliment. He was a peasant, which is a man of the people, a man of the Earth.
  • As quoted in Michael Stallone, Cardinal Dolan joins GDNY, reflects on Pope Francis' legacy: 'Man of the people' (April 21, 2025)

• The people of Ukraine have a proud, vibrant culture that even though some of it is shared with its neighbouring countries, including Russia, it's independent, autonomous, historic, deeply ingrained, and it cannot be crushed or taken over by any other culture. Even if that culture says "you're the same as us, we're absorbing you, drop it.
  • From an interview of Deborah Castellano Lubov, A conversation with Cardinal Dolan ahead of mission to help Ukraine, Vatican News (April 27, 2022)

• Interviewer: Speaking about lives and protecting people, there's a movement within the United States, even in terms of legislature, working to on the one hand let states decide that they will not force religious structures to provide abortions, and setting limits on late-term abortions.

Cardinal Dolan: Another balance. So, we always have to look we always have to look to the health needs of the woman, and have to make sure that a woman, especially a pregnant mother, has the healthcare and support she needs and which would extend into after the baby's born. All right. But sometimes the emphasis on the health care of women has seen the mortal complication for the other side, namely the baby in the womb. For us, it's “both” “and.” We love the mom. We love the baby. It's a "both” “and” thing. It's not an "either." The pro-abortionists would make it an “either” “or.” For them, it's the mom at all costs. Forget the baby and we can't do that. I would welcome and, I for one, would rejoice in some of the new laws that are protecting the civil rights of the unborn baby. This is a human rights issue. This isn't a religious issue. This is a human rights issue, a civil rights issue. We say we are founded on the right to life and we are founded to the equal protection of law in our Constitution. And the baby in the womb doesn't have that equal protection of the law. And he and she, he or she needs that.

• • From an interview of Deborah Castellano Lubov, A conversation with Cardinal Dolan ahead of mission to help Ukraine, Vatican News (April 27, 2022)

• What’s wrong is that we’ve forgotten about God. Our identity comes from the Lord, it’s given to us, it’s not something we pick and choose.
  • From an interview of Gerry Baker, The Wall Street Journal (Jene 28, 2023). As quoted in Cardinal Dolan: ‘We’ve Forgotten about God’ (July 12, 2023)

External links

• Official website