The following column by Archbishop Lori is the third in a four-part series on Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Lumen Fidei” for the Year of Faith, which concludes on November 24, 2013. To read parts 1 & 2, visit www.archbalt.org. If the first two chapters were about the gift of faith, the second two chapters of the...Read More

Introduction It is a special pleasure for me to visit St. Charles Borromeo Parish for the first time and to offer Holy Mass with you and for you, and to do this so near to your patronal feast, November 4th. What a wonderful patron – St. Charles Borromeo – the patron saint of Blessed John...Read More

Introduction Bill Moyers, who currently hosts “Bill Moyers and Company” on PBS as many of you know, was President Lyndon Johnson’s press secretary in the 1960’s. One morning, the President asked Mr. Moyers to begin a breakfast meeting with a prayer. Mr. Moyers had just begun his prayer when President Johnson said, “Louder, Bill, louder,...Read More

The following column by Archbishop Lori is the second in a four-part series on Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Lumen Fidei” for the Year of Faith, which concludes on November 24, 2013. To read part 1, which examines the introduction and first chapter of the encyclical, visit www.archbalt.org. The title of the encyclical’s second chapter is ‘Unless...Read More

Introduction Msgr. Valenzano, Father DeAscanis, and dear friends in Christ, What a joy it is to welcome all of you here to the Basilica of the Assumption for this White Mass for Catholic health care professionals. This morning I would like to extend a warm word of thanks to everyone from the Catholic Medical Association...Read More

This weekend our Church observes World Mission Sunday, the day set aside for Catholics throughout the world to recommit themselves, through prayer and sacrifice, to the missionary zeal that has defined our Church since its very beginnings. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has shown himself to be a great teacher with the heart of a...Read More

As our Church prepares to wrap up its observance of the Year of Faith, I offer these observations on Pope Francis’ encyclical on faith called, “Lumen Fidei”, “The Light of Faith.” Though the encyclical was largely completed by Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, without hesitation, made it his own and issued it under his own...Read More

I. Introduction A few weeks ago, I was about to enter St. Theresa’s Church in Trumbull, Connecticut, for the installation of my successor as Bishop of Bridgeport, when I received an urgent email from my Communications Director here in Baltimore. He said that the Pope had given an interview to America magazine, that it was...Read More