Last week’s rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding habeas corpus relief for certain inmates have caused grave concerns and anxiety for the courageous survivors of John Merzbacher, as indicated by the many victims who have contacted us over the past several days. During my four-plus years as Archbishop of Baltimore, I had the privilege...Read More

Approximately 1,000 Catholic young people will join Cardinal Edwin O’Brien and Auxiliary Bishops Mitchell T. Rozanski and Denis J. Madden in an annual pilgrimage through Baltimore on Saturday, March 31st to mark the start of Holy Week. The idea for a youth pilgrimage originated from World Youth Day in Denver in 1993, which also featured...Read More

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Richmond on Friday, March 23, in the appeal of a lower court’s ruling in the case of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. (GBCPC) v. Baltimore City. The lawsuit stems...Read More

With gratitude to our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, I welcome Archbishop William Lori as the new shepherd of this historic Archdiocese of Baltimore. I have known Bishop Lori for many years and have been impressed by his deep love of the Church and her people, and by his extraordinary work both as Bishop of...Read More

Pope Benedict XVI today named Bishop William E. Lori of the Diocese of Bridgeport, 60, as the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore. He will succeed Edwin Cardinal O’Brien, who served as Baltimore’s 15th archbishop from October 2007 to August 2011. Cardinal O’Brien has served as Apostolic Administrator of the nation’s oldest Archdiocese since his appointment August...Read More

On Tuesday, March 13, parents and teachers of St. Ambrose Catholic School in Baltimore’s Park Heights community were informed that the school will not reopen after the current school year and will merge with Holy Angels Catholic School in Southwest Baltimore in the fall. Father Paul Zaborowski, OFM Cap., Pastor of St. Ambrose Church, which...Read More

Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will lead the 33rd Annual Maryland March for Life on Monday, March 12, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Annapolis. Cardinal O’Brien will be joined by bishops, priests and hundreds of pro-life Marylanders from the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington. Those in...Read More

St. Margaret School in Bel Air evacuated its lower school (grades 1-3) earlier today after a suspicious odor caused three faculty members to be transported to the hospital. Two of those taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center fainted at the school. No children complained of any symptoms resulting from the odor, believed to be the...Read More