Egan and Dolan, on Sirius Radio

Archbishop Timothy Dolan (left) and Cardinal Edward Egan at a press conference today in New York.
Archbishop Timothy Dolan (left) and Cardinal Edward Egan at a press conference today in New York. (photo: CNS)

Sirius Radio’s The Catholic Channel has posted an interview it conducted today with both Cardinal Edward Egan, the retiring archbishop of New York, and his successor Archbishop Timothy Dolan.

Archbishop Dolan will be installed as New York’s archbishop on April 15.

During the interview, Archbishop Dolan says he experienced “the liberation of obedience” when Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, informed him a little over a week ago that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed him to become the next archbishop of New York.

Said Archbishop Dolan, “I said, ‘Well, there you go, let’s do it.’ We trust in the Lord and go ahead.”

Added Archbishop Dolan, “These have been days of prayer, these have been days of excitement and anticipation.”

An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu in Rome

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Next week, the Bishops of the United States will meet in Orlando and consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to explain the importance of the consecration and how we can all take part and then Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us about the remarkable phenomenon of diocesan priests living in community.