Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are among a select group of schools nationwide to receive the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award. Saint Joseph School, Cockeysville, St. Margaret School, Bel Air and St. Mary’s School, Annapolis bring the total number of Catholic...Read More

Pope Francis calls on Catholics worldwide to observe day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, throughout the world. Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, today is calling on Catholics throughout the Archdiocese to join Pope Francis and Catholics throughout the world in observing a day of prayer and fasting for peace in...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori will offer his blessing on the new school year and on the 1,200 Catholic educators who will gather for the 2013 Catholic Schools Convocation, held at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, on Monday, August 19 at 9:15 a.m. The convocation, which will open with remarks by Dr. Barbara Edmondson, Superintendent of...Read More

Served as 4th Bishop of Raleigh 1975-2006 after leaving Baltimore Bishop Joseph Gossman, who led the Diocese of Raleigh for 31 years following 20 years of service to the Archdiocese of Baltimore as a priest and Auxiliary Bishop under Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, died Monday in North Carolina at age 83. Joseph Gossman was born in...Read More

At the request of the family, no media members will be permitted at Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City on Monday, August 5, for the funeral of Bernard and Leanna Kelly, the father and daughter who were among five people killed in a helicopter crash Saturday, July 26 in Pennsylvania. As well, St. Paul...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, current Archbishop of Baltimore, who served as Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, from 2001 to 2012, issued the following statement today in response to the appointment of Bishop Frank J. Caggiano as the fifth Bishop of Bridgeport. “With great joy I welcome the news of Bishop Caggiano’s appointment as the next Bishop...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, today issued the following statement responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions striking down Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. “The Supreme Court’s decisions to overturn Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act are the latest in a troubling trend of decisions by lawmakers, judges,...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