Thank you, your Eminence, for this wonderful celebration of the liturgy and for your continued leadership on the important issue of religious liberty. It has been noted time and again throughout these past two weeks that religious liberty is under threat in many and varied ways. In looking back at this second Fortnight for Freedom...Read More

I. Introduction Dear friends, for but a moment let us enter the scene described for us in the Gospel passage that was just proclaimed. Let us take our place with the disciples. If we do so, we will enter the presence of Jesus absorbed in prayer, in prayer to His heavenly Father. No one knows...Read More

I. Faith Enriches Public Life Sargent Shriver was a great American; he was also a great Catholic. A daily communicant and an advocate for the sanctity of human life at all its stages, Sargent Shriver understood how faith, worship, and service are linked. They were certainly linked in his long life of service to our...Read More

Last week, I was privileged to preside, along with Bishop John Ricard, Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola-Tallahassee and former Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, at a moving and historic ceremony marking the transfer of the mortal remains of Servant of God, Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, Foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, from New Cathedral Cemetery, where...Read More

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at an event sponsored by the Catholic Business Network of Baltimore. It was a wonderful (and gratifying) opportunity to meet so many members of our Archdiocese who are dedicated to witnessing to our faith not just in their parishes on Sundays, but also in their workplaces during...Read More

I. Introduction I’m delighted to be with you today. One of the great joys of my ministry is visiting parishes, as often as I can, to offer Mass and just to visit informally with parishioners. I’ve served here as Archbishop of Baltimore for just over a year and have visited about half of our 154...Read More

I. Introduction President Powell, Members of the Board of Trustees and of the faculty, fellow priests, family members, friends, honored guests, and most importantly, Members of the Class of 2013! What a joy it is for me to be with you today, particularly since Mary’s Mountain is my alma mater too! I truly want to...Read More

Much attention was given the Pope’s extensive and enlightening interview which appeared in America, a Catholic magazine published by the Holy Father’s religious order, the Society of Jesus. And rightly so, as it offered an intimate gaze into the soul of Pope Francis, an opportunity for us to better know the Successor of Peter and the...Read More