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Pope Benedict’s Masses are imitated, debated around world

April 19, 2010

VATICAN CITY – Even before he became pope five years ago, Pope Benedict XVI frequently was dragged into what some people have called “the liturgy wars.”

Archdiocese Affiliates With New Accreditation Organization to Strengthen Academic Oversight of Catholic School System

Sean Caine

April 16, 2010

Press Release

Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, informed school administrators and families of students in Archdiocesan schools this week that the Archdiocese’s Division of Schools and all Archdiocesan Catholic schools have been awarded accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), […]

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York greets Pope Benedict XVI in Clementine Hall at the Vatican during a birthday celebration for the pope April 16. Archbishop Dolan is a trustee of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation

U.S. foundation members deliver birthday cake to pope

Catholic Review

April 16, 2010

News

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI received a cake on his 83rd birthday from the U.S.-based Papal Foundation, which also presented him with a list of the projects they have funded in his name this year.

Bait and Switch

Archdiocese Staff

April 15, 2010

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review Difficult it would be to view a more buoyant, life-affirming series of life-size photos adorning a local store window. Smiling babies embraced by grandparents or chuckling invitingly to passersby–it takes up almost half a block on Howard Street in our city–and it is an abortion factory run by Planned Parenthood. What deception! […]

Statement of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on BOAST Maryland Tax

Sean Caine

April 13, 2010

Press Release

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Maryland Catholic Conference, issued the following statement today: Last night’s 11th hour vote by the House Ways and Means Committee to kill the BOAST Maryland Tax Credit illustrated the sad triumph of special interests over the needs of low-income students, […]

Graffiti mars pope’s German birthplace, papal billboards in Malta

Catholic Review

April 13, 2010

News

MARKTL AM INN, Germany – A spray-painted message discovered April 13 on the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI in southern Germany was quickly painted over, police said.

Vicar of Rome defends his handling of abuse accusation

Catholic Review

April 9, 2010

News

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal vicar of Rome since 2008, has defended his handling of an accusation of sexual abuse by a priest several years ago.

Holy Thursday homily given at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore

Archdiocese Staff

April 8, 2010

OBrien Articles

Holy Thursday homily given at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore With this Mass we enter into the Sacred Triduum: Eucharist, Death, Resurrection. With this Mass we begin the Lord’s Passion, constituting the tragic and concluding moment – long prepared and awaited – of the earthly existence of the Word of God. With this Mass […]

Vatican newspaper praises new U.S.-Russian disarmament treaty

Catholic Review

April 8, 2010

News

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper has hailed the new U.S.-Russia disarmament treaty as a “significant and courageous step toward international security.”

Archbishop O’Brien calls papal preacher’s comments ‘reprehensible’

Catholic Review

April 5, 2010

Local News, News

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien reacted strongly against comments made by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa that seemed to link criticism of the Catholic Church’s handling of the clergy sexual abuse scandal with anti-Semitism.

Statement from Archbishop O’Brien

Sean Caine

April 3, 2010

Press Release

Holy Saturday, April 3, 2010 Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, issued the following statement in response to Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s Good Friday comments at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome: Father Cantalamessa’s words on Good Friday, somehow linking the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal with anti-Semitism, were unfortunate and reprehensible. They pose harm to […]

Taking the Leap of Faith

Archdiocese Staff

April 1, 2010

OBrien Articles

“It’s a leap of faith.” It’s an oft-used expression in our vernacular used to describe those actions of ours that defy logic, come with no guarantee or proof and which promise the greatest reward for our risk. It requires us to “put ourselves out there” head-first—totally and completely. Perhaps the greatest leap we Catholics will […]

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