http://www.mail.com/people/7656-timothy-dolan.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/7656-timothy-dolan.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072328-puerto-rico-catholics-support-archbishop.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly covering up for sexually abusive priests and other misdeeds. Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves has not confirmed that he is being asked to step down as leader of the Catholic Church i... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:30:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072328-puerto-rico-catholics-support-archbishop.html 2013-05-08T23:30:06Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2024926-nyc-strains-solidarity-with-rival-boston.html NEW YORK (AP) — A stadium full of Yankees fans stood arm in arm at the bottom of the third inning in the Bronx, singing along to "Sweet Caroline," the Boston Red Sox anthem. Irony and sarcasm were absent. Sincerity was the mood of the night. The rival teams have buried the hatchet — at least for now. Yankee fans belted the Neil Diamond hit during a game T... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:56:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2024926-nyc-strains-solidarity-with-rival-boston.html 2013-04-17T16:56:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017416-pope-taps-cardinals-to-advise-governing-reform.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions. The advisory panel includes only one current Vatican offi... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:35:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017416-pope-taps-cardinals-to-advise-governing-reform.html 2013-04-13T17:35:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2017228-pope-faces-tough-decisions-vatican-reforms-loom.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has spent much of his first month as pope charming ordinary Catholics with his ordinary yet extraordinary papal ways and making clear he is very much the boss when it comes to decisions as small as the shoes he wears to where he rests his head at night. In the coming months, he'll face decisions of far greater import as he... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:15:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2017228-pope-faces-tough-decisions-vatican-reforms-loom.html 2013-04-13T06:15:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970584-jesuit-pope-offers-hope-to-targeted-us-nuns.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The election of a Jesuit pope devoted to the poor and stressing a message of mercy rather than condemnation has brought a glimmer of hope to American nuns who have been the subject of a Vatican crackdown, according to interviews with several groups. The nuns were accused of having focused too much on social justice at the expense of other church issues su... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:10:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1970584-jesuit-pope-offers-hope-to-targeted-us-nuns.html 2013-03-21T18:10:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953936-style-papacy-pope-francis-pays-hotel-bill.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — On his first day as shepherd of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis picked up his luggage at a Vatican hotel, personally thanked each member of the staff and even paid his own bill. Then, at his first Mass, he delivered a short, unscripted homily — in Italian, not the Latin of his predecessor — holding the cardinals who elected him responsible... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:31:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953936-style-papacy-pope-francis-pays-hotel-bill.html 2013-03-14T23:31:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955298-inside-conclave-extra-omnes-to-habemus-papam.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Three rounds of ballots had been cast with no winner, but it was becoming clear which way this conclave was headed. When the cardinals broke for lunch, Sean O'Malley of Boston sat down next to his Argentine friend, Jorge Bergoglio. "He seemed very weighed down by what was happening," O'Malley said. Hours later, the Buenos Aires archbis... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:25:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955298-inside-conclave-extra-omnes-to-habemus-papam.html 2013-03-14T19:25:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950796-argentine-jorge-bergoglio-elected-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — From "the end of the earth," the Catholic Church found a surprising new leader Wednesday, a pioneer pope from Argentina who took the name Francis, a pastor rather than a manager to resurrect a church and faith in crisis. He is the first pontiff from the New World and the first non-European since the Middle Ages. Cardinal Jorge Mario Be... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:25:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950796-argentine-jorge-bergoglio-elected-pope-francis.html 2013-03-14T02:25:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952174-pope-live-world-pope-emerges.html "Pope Live" follows the choice of the new pope as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world. It will be updated throughout the day with breaking news and other items of interest. CHALLENGES AHEAD He has won the papacy, but there is little time for celebration. Pope Francis tak... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:46:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952174-pope-live-world-pope-emerges.html 2013-03-13T23:46:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953016-steps-pope.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pomp surrounding his selection was just the beginning of an exceptionally busy few days for Pope Francis. A look at the first night — and what comes after. THE SELECTION From the moment of uttering "I accept" in Latin, in front of his fellow cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, the job is his, and it starts instantly. According to trad... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:37:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953016-steps-pope.html 2013-03-13T23:37:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948140-black-smoke-chapel-chimney-pope-yet.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — This time there was no doubt. There was no new pope yet, and the mystery of who — and when — was as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney. As thousands waited in a cold night rain in St. Peter's Square, the cardinals signaled Tuesday they had failed on their first attempt to find a leader... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:49:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948140-black-smoke-chapel-chimney-pope-yet.html 2013-03-12T23:49:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945600-conclave-to-elect-pope-opens-amid-uncertainty.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems. On the eve of the vote, cardinals offered wildl... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:15:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945600-conclave-to-elect-pope-opens-amid-uncertainty.html 2013-03-12T00:15:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944562-conclave-horse-trading-begun.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power plays, vested interests and Machiavellian maneuvering are all part of the game, and that the horse-trading is already under way. Can the fr... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944562-conclave-horse-trading-begun.html 2013-03-10T16:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944230-top-contenders-to-pope.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals from around the world gather this week in a conclave to elect a new pope following the stunning resignation of Benedict XVI. In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running, and history has yielded plenty of surprises. Yet several names have come up repeatedly as strong contenders. Here is a look at who they ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:17:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944230-top-contenders-to-pope.html 2013-03-10T12:17:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940504-cardinals-set-tuesday-start-conclave.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The preliminaries over, Catholic cardinals are ready to get down to the real business of choosing a pope. And even without a front-runner, there are indications they will go into the conclave Tuesday with a good idea of their top picks. Then it will be just a matter of agreeing on one man to lead the church and tackle its many problems... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:47:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940504-cardinals-set-tuesday-start-conclave.html 2013-03-08T23:47:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1935424-cardinals-impose-media-blackout-ahead-conclave.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the end, American-style transparency was no match for the Vatican's obsession with secrecy. Cardinals attending closed-door discussions ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope imposed a media blackout Wednesday, forcing the cancellation of the popular daily press briefings by U.S. cardinals that had provided crucial insights in... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:21:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1935424-cardinals-impose-media-blackout-ahead-conclave.html 2013-03-06T22:21:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1934210-correction-vatican-pope-story.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a story March 5 about American cardinals exerting a surprising amount of control over the message coming out of Vatican City ahead of the papal conclave, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the archbishop of Galveston-Houston. He is Daniel DiNardo, not Di Nardo. A corrected version of the story is below: Americans contr... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:10:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1934210-correction-vatican-pope-story.html 2013-03-06T10:10:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1928014-ny-cardinal-dolan-happy-warrior-church.html NEW YORK (AP) — Challenging a White House mandate for birth control coverage in health insurance, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan sounded like a general rallying the troops. "The only thing we're certainly not prepared to do is give in," Dolan said at a national bishops' meeting last November. "We're not violating our consciences." Weeks earlier, he had a... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:46:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1928014-ny-cardinal-dolan-happy-warrior-church.html 2013-03-03T10:46:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1905160-nys-cardinal-dolan-questioned-wis-abuse-cases.html NEW YORK (AP) — New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, just days ahead of his departure for Rome and the conclave that will elect the next pope, has been deposed about clergy sex abuse in his former Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Dolan, who led Milwaukee's Roman Catholics from 2002 to 2009, answered questions Wednesday about his decision to publicize names of clergy... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:44:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1905160-nys-cardinal-dolan-questioned-wis-abuse-cases.html 2013-02-21T07:44:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903014-conclave-brings-cardinals-dirty-laundry.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Popular pressure is mounting in the U.S. and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the next pope because of his role shielding sexually abusive priests, a movement targeting one of the most prominent of a handful of compromised cardinals scheduled to vote next month. Amid the outcry, Mahony has ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:45:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903014-conclave-brings-cardinals-dirty-laundry.html 2013-02-21T00:45:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903220-pope-considers-conclave-rules-uncertain.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI may enact a new law governing the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope amid continued uncertainty over when the voting can begin. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Wednesday that he didn't know for sure if the new law under consideration would address the timing of the conclave following Benedic... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:32:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903220-pope-considers-conclave-rules-uncertain.html 2013-02-20T18:32:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891962-papal-conclave-european-club.html The face of the Roman Catholic Church has changed profoundly in Pope Benedict XVI's lifetime. Congregations in the West are smaller and older, while those in Africa, Latin America and pockets of Asia are booming, bringing youth and energy to the Catholic world. That transformation has not been reflected in the makeup of the cardinals who will elect the ne... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:25:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891962-papal-conclave-european-club.html 2013-02-14T16:25:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1884380-popes-bombshell-sends-troubled-church-scrambling.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, stunning the world by announcing his resignation Monday and leaving the already troubled Catholic Church to replace the leader of its 1 billion followers by Easter. Not even his closest associates had advance word of the news, a bombs... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1884380-popes-bombshell-sends-troubled-church-scrambling.html 2013-02-11T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1884884-papal-resignation-opens-door-to-contenders.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI's resignation opens the door to an array of possible successors, from the conservative cardinal of Milan to a contender from Ghana and several Latin Americans. But don't count on a radical change of course for the Catholic Church: Benedict appointed the majority of cardinals who will choose his successor from within their own ranks. ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1884884-papal-resignation-opens-door-to-contenders.html 2013-02-11T23:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883038-pope-to-resign-feb-28-hes-too-infirm.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclave to elect a new leader for a Catholic Church in deep turmoil. The 85-year-old pope dropped the bombshell in Latin durin... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883038-pope-to-resign-feb-28-hes-too-infirm.html 2013-02-11T18:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1875800-bishops-press-broader-birth-control-exemption.html American bishops said Thursday the Obama administration's latest compromise on birth control coverage and religious employers doesn't go far enough to answer church concerns. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said a bigger buffer is needed between religious charities and any third party arranging contraceptive coverage. Bishops also want a clearer s... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1875800-bishops-press-broader-birth-control-exemption.html 2013-02-07T20:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1778966-newtown-responders-carry-heavy-burdens.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — While the people of Newtown do their best to cope with loss and preserve the memories of their loved ones, another class of residents is also finding it difficult to move on: the emergency responders who saw firsthand the terrible aftermath of last week's school shooting. Firefighter Peter Barresi was driving through Newtown on Frida... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1778966-newtown-responders-carry-heavy-burdens.html 2012-12-21T00:48:00Z