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October 15, 2009

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review In a typically excellent column, Priest Magazine editor Monsignor Owen Campion tells the story of an aging rural pastor of three mission churches in the Midwest during […]

Synod spotlight: African cardinal finds candor brings complications

October 9, 2009

VATICAN CITY – The idea of an African pope captures public imagination, and Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana has discovered that it also brings its own set of problems.

CRS assessing needs as new flooding washes away Philippine homes

October 9, 2009

WASHINGTON – A new wave of flooding, brought on by the second tropical storm to hit the Philippines within 10 days, has left thousands of people homeless and at least 18 villages underwater, Catholic Relief Services officials reported.

Sisters’ Service a Blessing to All

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review Many in the Archdiocese are probably aware of our Priests’ Council with whom I meet several times during the year. Consisting of 35 members representing various age […]

Sisters’ Service a Blessing to All

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review Many in the Archdiocese are probably aware of our Priests’ Council with whom I meet several times during the year. Consisting of 35 members representing various age […]

Statement of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on the Death of Bishop Michael Saltarelli

Sean Caine

Press Release

On behalf of the faithful of the entire Metropolitan See of Baltimore, I express my great sadness to God’s people in the Diocese of Wilmington at the loss of their […]

Sis Carnes and Little Sister of the Poor Lawrence Pocock share a conversation. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)|

Little Sisters of the Poor minister to Maryland elderly for 140 years

George P. Matysek Jr.

Local News, News

When 87-year-old Alice Jadwigia Armstrong looked up from her hospital bed and saw the smiling face of Sister Lourdes Miranda, she was visibly buoyed by the nun’s presence. Clasping the hand of the Little Sister of the Poor, the white-haired woman seemed transported to the security of her youth.

Local Red Mass Oct. 20 in Annapolis

October 7, 2009

To mark the traditional opening of the judicial year, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate a “Red Mass” at St. Mary in Annapolis Oct. 20. The 6 p.m. liturgy will be followed by a reception and banquet at the Marriott Annapolis Waterfront and is expected to attract judges, lawyers, legislators, executives and other legal professionals from throughout the state.

Archdiocese preaches common sense in dealing with H1N1 flu

October 6, 2009

In preparing for the H1N1 flu virus, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is asking the faithful to develop some new habits, such as a more precise distribution of Holy Communion and the liberal use of hand sanitizer.

Homily to Deacon Convocation