I. Introduction This is my first Christmas as Archbishop of Baltimore and it is a moment to say how grateful I am for the warm welcome I have received from all of you and from all parts of the Archdiocese. Like most people, I look forward to Christmas joy and to all the festivities that...Read More
As Teresa Bartlinski waits for a heart transplant, she is looking forward to celebrating Jesus' birth and her sixth birthday tomorrow. What an amazing, vibrant little girl she is, and what a loving family she has. This morning The Today Show shared Teresa's story in a moving segment that gives a beautiful glimpseRead More
The Christmas Story may well be the greatest story ever told. No, not the book and movie of the same name about a boy’s obsessive desire for the holy grail of Christmas presents: a Red Rider BB Gun. I am referring to the real Christmas Story, the true story of the birth of Jesus Christ...Read More
Eleven years ago, the concern heard around the world was Y2K. If you’re not old enough to remember that, Y2K was a theory that computers and other electronics would not be able to handle the date change to the year 2000. This, in turn, would cause a worldwide collapse ofRead More
BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Cathedral & Mulberry Streets) Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m.*, 6:00 p.m., Midnight* Tuesday, December 25, Christmas Day 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (Archbishop Lori, Celebrant) CATHEDRAL OF MARY OUR QUEEN (5200 N. Charles Street) Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m....Read More
Tony Blair, the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is expected to give the inaugural Hanway Lecture in Global Studies April 9 at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.Read More
In a memorial service in Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama pledged to do all in his power to end the kind of violence that struck the small town Dec. 14 when a gunman killed first his mother at her home and then 26 students and adults at a school before taking his own life.Read More