Edward Egan

Bishop William E. Lori stands before 141 married couples in the airy sanctuary of St. Theresa Church on a bright October afternoon. In a voice carrying the faintest trace of the Kentucky lilt that his Louisville upbringing suggests, he welcomes the...

Cardinal Edward Egan has had time to think it over and he's not sorry about that outbreak of child sex abuse at the Archdiocese of Bridgeport. Speaking to Connecticut Magazine, Egan, who was bishop of the archdiocese from 1988 to 2000, looked back on...

Pope Benedict XVI announced Friday that Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, will be elevated to the dignity of Cardinal. Archbishop Dolan is slated to receive the elevated title in a consistory to be held on February 18, 2012. In response to the...

From her home in Washington, Missouri, the 82 year old mother of New York's Cardinal-Designate, Timothy Dolan, told PIX 11 she's got her passport ready for the trip to Rome next month, where she will see Pope Benedict the XVI elevate her 61 year old son...

VATICAN CITY - The next pope will need to address an accelerating loss of religious faith in the West, a growing gap between the rich and poor and the lack of trust between Roman Catholics and Muslims, three American cardinals said yesterday. The three...

NEW YORK (WPIX) --  Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York, will have surgery to implant a pacemaker his chest. The surgery was initially scheduled for Monday, but it's been postponed until a stomach problem the cardinal has been complaining about...

Timothy Dolan will face an array of challenges as he takes over the premier seat in the Catholic Church in the United States - from possible closures of parishes and schools to a drop in Mass attendance and the number of priests. "He has the same...

NEW YORK (AP) - It's believed New York Cardinal Edward Egan could be out of the hospital in a day or two. Egan was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan on Saturday with stomach pain. Doctors then discovered a heart condition. Spokesman Joe...

NEW YORK (WPIX) --  Archbishop Timothy Dolan attended his first Sunday mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral as the the newly installed head of the Archdiocese of New York. Dolan, the former Archbishop of Milwaukee, presided over a standing-room-only crowd and...

NEW YORK (AP) - Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, a defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy who led an elite seminary for U.S. priests and became known for his energy, wit and warmth, was named archbishop of New York on Monday. The Vatican said Dolan...

Thousands of New Yorkers came Sunday to Yankee Stadium, where generations have come to cheer and forget their problems, to grieve and remember the victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The infield of the 78-year-old ballpark in the...

Several hundred feet from the site of the World Trade Center, bearded priests in black robes chanted ancient memorial hymns Saturday morning on the ruins of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. As the priests conducted the memorial service in Greek and...