Like Mary, the Church also has a memory – a living memory – a memory which is not a mere repository of the past but rather a memory through which Christ and the great events of salvation emerge into the present as a living reality, so that you and I can share in them, whenever...Read More

If, in God’s grace, we overcome the dangers of procrastination and presumption, then we will be prepared to welcome anew the birth of Christ at Christmas, and in welcoming Christ at his first coming, we will be eager to greet him at his second, when he will come in glory to judge the living and...Read More

Al leer la moción de hoy, sentimos una renovada vergüenza, un profundo remordimiento y una sincera simpatía, muy especialmente hacia aquellos que sufrieron por las acciones de los representantes de la misma Iglesia a quienes se confió su bienestar espiritual y físico.Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori has made the following statement on a motion to release the Maryland Attorney General's report on the archdiocese’s handling of child sexual abuse allegations dating back to the 1940s.Read More

As a teacher of the faith, Pope St. Leo was both clear and pastoral. He was not a speculative theologian but he knew how to draw from the sources to clarify the Church’s faith.Read More

As your friends, we commit ourselves to pray for vocations to your community, that the good work which the Lord has begun in you may continue and be brought to fulfillment in the Kingdom where he lives and reigns, world without end. Amen.Read More

Let us ask Mary, who carried the Word made flesh in her womb to open the Scriptures for us this morning, so that we may bask in the great events of our salvation, events that unfolded in the land made holy by the footsteps of the Redeemer.Read More

You, our first responders – police officers, firefighters, public safety officials – and all the civic officials and administrators who support them – you strive each day to be ambassadors of justice here in the City of Baltimore and throughout the State of Maryland.Read More