With the pastors present, I express to you the deep gratitude of so many for your continued service to souls. The word “continued” is used to signify that your participation in the life of the Archdiocese in so many ways and your prayers are still necessary and important parts of the ways in which you...Read More

In the name of the Church, I want to thank you for all your wonderful service. Today, we are joined with Archbishop Borders, and Bishops Malooly and Rozanski. Later, Bishop Madden will join us, for supper. With them, I express to you the deep gratitude of so many for your continued service to souls. The...Read More

On behalf of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, I offer the most cordial of welcomes to Father Brian Linnane, as he takes up the responsibilities of leadership at Loyola. Father Linnane’s inauguration as the 24th President of Loyola gives us an occasion to reflect on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s ties to the Jesuit community: the nation’s...Read More

Last week, the Catholic Review published the obituary of Father John F. Long, S.J., a remarkably wise and gifted leader whose service to the Church merits recognition here. From his days on the staff of the Second Vatican Council’s Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Father Long displayed qualities of dedication and resourcefulness. At...Read More

My thanks go to Father Frank Callaghan for the invitation to be with you this evening. Also, to Msgr. Moeller, who has worked with Father Jaskot to prepare for this evening’s Eucharist. I want to thank also the many priests and deacons who have come to share in our celebration of a century of faith...Read More

(John 1:45-51) The words of Nathaniel in the Gospel passage still ring in our ears, “You are the Son of God….” To Nathaniel, who also was sometimes called Bartholomew, Jesus extended the invitation to follow him in a special way, to be one of the Twelve who would bear witness to the Lord even to...Read More

In the name of your Catholic neighbors, I want to underscore the commitment of our Church to continue to oppose any tendencies which would lead to a new Shoah in any place or time. At Prague in 1990 Rabbi Joel Zaiman of Baltimore and I supported a communiqué which stated, “Anti-Semitism is a sin against...Read More

On Tuesday of last week I felt very deeply that, as we voted in the Sistine Chapel, we were not just the 115 electors, but a whole world of praying people, also present spiritually and calling down the Holy Spirit upon us. Numerous letters, e-mails and telephone messages confirmed this, and they came not only...Read More