Archbishop William E. Lori said he felt hopeful as he prepared to take leadership of the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 16.Read More

This is the full text of Archbishop William E. Lori's homily from his May 16 installation as the 16th archbishop of Baltimore.Read More

 Before we went to the zoo this weekend, I asked our boys which animals they were excited to see. I thought they might talk about lions and giraffes, elephants and bears, maybe even a crocodile.“A turtle,” Leo said. Daniel—who likes birds—asked to see a duck and a goose. Somewhere duringRead More

Hundreds filled the Baltimore basilica for a vespers service that welcomed Baltimore's 16th archbishop.Read More

This past weekend I found myself in a standoff with ... cows. I was out looking for some interesting things to photograph and I came across a cow farm. I parked the car, grabbed my cameras, and headed for the herd of cows along the fence. They all started walking towardRead More

Is Archbishop William E. Lori the new Roger Ebert? While he's just a day away from being installed as the 16th archbishop of Baltimore, the archbishop's new job might be film critic. According to a news release from The Maximus Group, Archbishop Lori, who is the chairman of the U.S. CatholicRead More

(Photo credit: Wikipedia Common)   In the book of Esther, we read about Esther, Queen of Persia, who saves her people (the Jews) from genocide at the hands of treachery. Before she did anything to save her people, she had to make a tough decision. She was reminded that she perhapsRead More

This year Mother’s Day has suddenly grown in importance—and not because it’s my first as a mother of two. For the first time, Leo is in preschool.Our 4-year-old has spent the past few weeks preparing for a holiday I enjoy because it’s typically a night off from cooking. My expectationsRead More