Cardinal Edward Egan, former archbishop of New York, has died today in Manhattan at the age of 82. According to archdiocesan spokesman Joseph Zwilling, the cardinal died of cardiac arrest at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. Cardinal Egan was spiritual leader of the 2.5 million Catholics in the archdiocese of New York from 2000 through 2009. According to the New York Times, “In February of 2009, the pope announced that Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee had been selected... Read more