“I was disappointed to learn of the decision to sell St. Joseph Medical Center to a non-Catholic ownership group given the high priority we place on maintaining the Catholic identity of our many institutions in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. “The hospital and its staff of outstanding doctors, nurses, physicians and other healthcare workers, have a...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

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 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 29...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

In view of the “Symposium on Catholicism and Homosexuality” to take place this month in Baltimore, Cardinal Edwin O’Brien has reaffirmed the 2010 statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding the symposium’s sponsor, New Ways Ministry. The Cardinal assures Catholics that in no manner is the position proposed by New Ways Ministry...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

Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, issued the following statement at a press conference earlier today at St. Agnes Hospital announcing the sale to St. Agnes of the property where the former Cardinal Gibbons High School is located. “St. Agnes has been an invaluable partner in the Archdiocese of Baltimore since...Read More

Cardinal Edwin O’Brien will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for his elevation to the College of Cardinals as well as his service as the 15th Archbishop of Baltimore on Sunday, March 4 at 12:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore. The Mass will be followed by a reception on the...Read More