Hat in the Ring

By way of update on the ongoing contraceptive coverage impasse between the U.S. Catholic Bishops and the Obama administration (earlier discussed on this blog here and here), Fr. Stitt shared with me this Newsweek story (posted by The Daily Beast) profiling Cardinal Timothy Dolan.  It paints a pretty accurate picture of where he's coming from, and what stake he's got in this fight.  Stick with it through all three pages.

Of course, many of you will quickly realize that I was hooked as soon as it started talking about his hat collection...