“We Are a Nation of Immigrants” — Cardinal Dolan Echoes Pope Leo XIV, and MAGA Erupts

The retired New York cardinal invoked Jesus and the Statue of Liberty in a video this week. Within hours, replies branded him a traitor-priest out of the nativist right’s favorite novel.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, wearing a New York Mets cap, holds a copy of Pope Leo XIV’s 250th-anniversary letter in a video posted to X on July 14, 2026. The retired archbishop of New York used the message to celebrate the letter’s call to welcome immigrants. (@CardinalDolan via X)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan looked into a camera on Tuesday morning and celebrated…