Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York City (Left) celebrated Mass with his brother bishops from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Region II, inside the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls during their ad Limina Apostolorum visit on Nov. 12, 2019.

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York City (Left) celebrated Mass with his brother bishops from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Region II, inside the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls during their ad Limina Apostolorum visit on Nov. 12, 2019.

In a Dec. 16 op-ed, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Toufic Baaklini, president of In Defense of Christians, encouraged U.S. officials and residents to reflect on the story of Christmas and to stand in solidarity with persecuted Christians.