New York’s Longest-Serving Pastor Dies at 93

Msgr. Gerald said “I think I have come a long, long way from when I was ordained,” he said. “It isn’t about serving the church in the way you have envisioned, from the altar, and from the position of authority and power. But it is learning what human nature is, and what the struggles of people are. And where Jesus really is.”

“Monsignor Ryan’s example has inspired me to be a better priest,” Cardinal Dolan said, “as I am sure it has inspired so many others who worked with and learned from this humble, hardworking, faithful follower of Jesus.” READ MORE