Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Nuns Rebuke Cardinal Dolan’s “St. Paul” Praise for Charlie Kirk

After Dolan’s Fox News canonization of Kirk, nuns clap back: “These prejudicial words do not reflect the qualities of a saint.”

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Christopher Hale
Sep 28, 2025
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Nuns gather around Cardinal Dolan after he makes a presentation in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 15, 2022.

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When Cardinal Timothy Dolan used a Fox News interview to hail the late Charlie Kirk as “a modern-day St. Paul,” it shocked many Catholics and prompted swift backlash.

Letters from Leo previously detailed Dolan’s Fox News appearance — and the fier…

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