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
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has learned of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against Helene Murtha, 58, a teacher at Seton Keough High School in Baltimore. The alleged abuse occurred in the 1980s while Murtha was a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School, an all-girls high school in Baltimore that merged with Seton...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
Mass will kick-off national initiative of Catholic Church aimed at promoting faith in public life, educating people on threats to religious liberty. Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Ad hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, will celebrate the opening Mass for the Catholic Church’s national religious liberty initiative, Fortnight...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
Pope Francis today named Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, 56, as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts. He will succeed Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell, who has served as Springfield’s 8th bishop since 2004. Bishop McDonnell offered his resignation to the Holy Father upon reaching the age of 75, in...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
In honor of Blessed John Paul II’s canonization this Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Archdiocese and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary have created a special exhibit commemorating the former Pope’s visit to Baltimore in 1995. The exhibit, which opens April 24, will be housed in the...Read More