“Dorothy Day is a hero of the Catholic left, a fiery 20th-century social activist who protested war, supported labor strikes and lived voluntarily in poverty as she cared for the needy.
“But Day has found a seemingly unlikely champion in New York’s conservative archbishop, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, who has breathed new life into an effort to declare the Brooklyn native a saint.”
At their annual Fall General Assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) participated in a consultation on the sainthood cause of Dorothy Day, the U.S. activist and founder of the Catholic Worker movement. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the USCCB, led the bishops in discussion in his role as archbishop of New York, which is overseeing the cause. The bishops approved the advancement of Day’s cause in a voice vote.
A recent New York Times article reviewed Dorothy Day’s life and the movement for her canonization.
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New York Times: In Hero of the Catholic Left, a Conservative Cardinal Sees a Saint (26 NOV 12)
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