Friday, January 19, 20180141New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during a homily at the Jan. 18 Mass that opened the National Prayer Vigil for Life. Like "Pastor King," as Cardinal Dolan referred to him throughout his homily, "our belief in the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of all human life propels...
I am writing this column on the holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It seems like a good time to do a little remembering of the events of the late 1950s and the early 1960s when Dr. King was beginning his program of non-violence in an effort to end segregation in our country.