Can New York live with Christian men for all seasons? Mariano Rivera for baseball; Tim Tebow for football; and Jeremy Lin for basketball. Combine them with the New Yorker for all seasons, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, and that’s a lot of high-profile Christian personage. Maybe it’s part of the new evangelization about which Pope Benedicts XVI speaks.

Speaking of Tebow, even if sports isn’t a religion for you, read the following. The writer, Woody Paige, is more Oscar Madison than Blessed John Paul II, but the latter would have probably smiled and nodded as he read it: http://www.denverpost.com/paige/ci_20226828/paige-tim-tebow-run-out-denver-but-broncos

By the way, Cardinal Dolan has undertaken a $175 million, five-year restoration project for St. Patrick’s Cathedral — the first major renovation to be done there since the 1940s, according to Catholic News Service. I have no doubt that he will be able to raise the money, no doubt whatsoever. He already has $45 million.

Hot topic: “The Today Show” recently did a feature in which it asked, “Are baby bumps the new trend for Hollywood celebs?” Trend!?! Trends come and go, quickly. Babies as a trend is a good indication why a pro-abortion mentality is pervasive in the entertainment industry.  If they classify pregnancies as a “trend,” and we accept that, then prepare the handbaskets, Otis, because we’re all headed to hell.

Holy day: As a former disc jockey at a country music station, I will take time to celebrate this Tuesday, March 27 — Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day. Here’s something to get you into the spirit of the celebration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgkGvgfUIos