Archbishop William E. Lori will celebrate Mass and offer a blessing to 1,600 Catholic school principals, teachers, and staff members who will gather at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on Friday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m. prior to the August 26 start of the 2014-15 school year. The gathering, which will open with remarks...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, is inviting Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and all people of good will to join him in praying for peace in Iraq at an interfaith and ecumenical prayer service on Sunday, August 24 at 2 p.m. at the Basilica in Baltimore. The Archbishop has also invited ecumenical...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that Mr. James B. Sellinger, a former Vice President within IBM’s North American operations and who led IBM’s operations in Baltimore since 1992, has agreed to serve as Chancellor of Education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s school system. The Chancellor of Education is a newly-created position...Read More

Priests, deacons, sisters, and the laity of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will join Archbishop William E. Lori for a special Mass of Thanksgiving and reception for Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski Sunday, July 13 at 3 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Last month, Pope Francis named the Baltimore native and 10-year auxiliary bishop...Read More

Major relic is part of nationwide tour sponsored by Knights of Columbus and the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. A portion of the bloodstained cassock worn by Pope John Paul II during the attempt on his life in 1981 will be on display at the Basilica of the National Shrine of...Read More

On Saturday, June 21 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, will ordain five new Catholic priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Deacon James Boric, 35, Deacon Andrew DeFusco, 31, Deacon Ross Conklin, Jr., 49, Deacon Joseph Langan, 28, and Deacon Canisius Tah,...Read More

OKLAHOMA CITY – Late on June 4, the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ruled that all employer members of the Catholic Benefits Association are exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive/abortifacient mandate (“Mandate”). It also “enjoined and restrained” the relevant federal departments, “their agents, officers, and employees, and all other...Read More

Baltimore’s two auxiliary bishops will celebrate Masses honoring Saint John Paul II on Sunday, April 27, the date of the former pope’s canonization in Rome. Bishop Denis J. Madden will celebrate Mass at 10:45 a.m. at the Basilica, where Pope John Paul II prayed during his 1995 visit to Baltimore. At the conclusion of the...Read More