Joining with citizens across the city, I wanted to pay tribute to: Lieutenant Paul Butrim, Firefighter-Paramedic Kelsey Sadler, and EMT-Firefighter Kenny Lacayo of the Baltimore City Fire Department who died in the line of duty on Monday. These heroic individuals made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our city for which we will always...Read More

From around the world, tributes have poured in honoring the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. I wish to add my voice to these tributes, in praise of a courageous church leader who championed racial justice in South Africa and around the world. His life and his passing powerfully remind us that the struggle for racial justice...Read More

Father Roger Brito Fernández, who served St. Philip Neri and St. Clement I Pastorate and St. Gabriel Catholic Church, is returning to his home diocese in Pucallpa, Peru. Father Brito does not have permission to engage in priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is working with the Community of Mato...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori released the following statement on the Dec. 16 shooting of Baltimore City Police Officer Keona Holley: “I join together with so many across our city in praying for the healing and recovery of Officer Keona Holley. In both her prior work as a nurse and her current career in law enforcement,...Read More

In partnership with the Baltimore City Police Department and various other Baltimore City nonprofits and businesses, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has begun a new Grief Ministry to support City families who have lost a loved one to violence.  The ministry includes a variety of ways to volunteer, including praying weekly for victims, sending sympathy notes to families,...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore admires the courage and strength of the survivor in this case and all survivors who come forward in order to help ensure perpetrators are held responsible for committing their unthinkable crimes.Read More

Lo que sucedió ese día nos cambió. Esos terribles eventos desgarrarían nuestros corazones y mentes, cambiando para siempre nuestra comprensión de lo que es estar seguro y libre. Read More

As we remember and pray, let us recommit ourselves to being agents of love and truth, people rooted in the hope of the resurrection who, even in the darkest of nights, shine as a light brightly visible.Read More