Vice President Joe Biden attended mass and received communion on Sunday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York where the mass was celebrated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

John Cornelius, a former Episcopalian priest, will become the first Roman Catholic priest to be ordained despite being both married and a father. The ordination will occur in Buffalo, New York, as is permitted according to 2012 papal exception to the church’s celibacy rule.

The Buffalo News reports on Cornelius’ upcoming ordination, which will be conducted by Bishop Richard J. Malone of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.

Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has described the new bishop of Camden, Bishop Denis Sullivan, as one of the “finest bishops” he knows.

Christmas came early for Catholic charities when they received gifts that will help them not only ensure that New Yorkers in need have a warm coat this winter and a toy or two under the Christmas tree for their children, but will also allow the organization to continue to provide vital services to New York families devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan is promoting Dorothy Day for beautification, which would bring her a step closer to being named a saint by the Catholic Church. A New York Times article sees the irony in the fact that conservative Dolan has become a champion for Day, one of the founders of the Catholic Worker and an outspoken liberal.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, and the Board of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation announced Monday a pledge of one million dollars for immediate aid to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. 

A Catholic nun has appeared in court for allegedly stealing $128,000 from two New York churches.

A week after the worst storm in history bashed the east coast of the United States, leaving devastation in New York and New Jersey, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has praised those people affected. The New York Cardinal said the horrific storm brought out the best in people.
 
Writing in the New York Daily News newspaper, the Cardinal gave an NYPD officer as example of the sense of community felt throughout the city over the last week.
 
He wrote “It was a couple minutes after midnight, early Tuesday morning, the winds and rain at their peak. “Officer!” I shouted to the police officer on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. There he was under the scaffolding, looking through binoculars at all the surrounding buildings.
 
“Come in for a cup of coffee!” I invited him.
 
“Thanks, Father,” he replied, “but I gotta keep looking in case somebody up there is signaling for help.”
 
That police officer was an icon of this entire community this last week — poised for service, ready to respond.”

In October, several New York City high schools will welcome prospective students and parents to their respective open houses, in an attempt to explain the benefits of a Catholic education.

A devout New York Catholic referred to in media reports as an “evil little old lady” has admitted she swindled a million dollars from the Church and now faces up to four years in jail.

A former Bronx priest is suing the New York Archdiocese for libel in a landmark lawsuit, claiming sex allegations brought against him were false.

A well known and once well regarded Irish American priest in the Bronx is suing the Archdiocese of New York for libel. Charles Kavanagh claims that the sex abuse allegations made against him were false, and that church officials here knew it when they repeated them in public.