Our deepest prayers go out to those killed and wounded in Charlottesville, VA. We must all work together to end the scourge of racism and unite for the common good of all. Racism must be countered with love and respect.Read More

May 20, 2017 Retired Auxiliary Bishop, William C. Newman, died this morning while in hospice care at Mercy Ridge Retirement Community in Timonium. He was 88 years old. In a statement, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori said, “I had the blessing of visiting with and anointing Bishop Newman shortly before his death and found him...Read More

April 10, 2017 Most Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, issued the following statement following the deaths of 44 Egyptian Coptic Christians on Sunday: “The murder of so many innocent Christians, coming on the first day of Holy Week, is a horrific reminder of the religious persecution that still takes place in many parts...Read More

March 23, 2017 Served as Archbishop of Premier See 1989-2007, President of U.S. Bishops Conference 1992-1995   Archbishop William E. Lori announced today that Cardinal William H. Keeler, 14th Archbishop of Baltimore, died early this morning at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. He was 86. Funeral arrangements will be announced once they...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate the following Masses in Baltimore on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Baltimore Basilica, 409 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, 12:10 p.m.; The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles Street, 5:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period when the Catholic Church asks...Read More

Robert Bonner, a teacher, coach and part-time assistant athletic director at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, a Catholic elementary and high school in Middle River, turned himself in to Baltimore County law enforcement officials today after a warrant for his arrest was issued Monday on charges of sex abuse of a minor, second degree...Read More

Terence Smalls, a former volunteer at the Church of the Nativity in Timonium, was arrested yesterday on charges of child sex abuse. Mr. Smalls began volunteer work with the church in 2010 and was involved in various children’s programs. On December 2, 2016, after being given permission by the Police to do so, the Church...Read More

Today, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Adam J. Parker and Monsignor Mark E. Brennan Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Monsignor Parker currently serves as Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Monsignor Brennan is the current Pastor of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Gaithersburg in the...Read More