I. Introduction: The Rosary Novena Dear friends, today we begin a Rosary Novena for Life and Liberty. The Church throughout the United States, in many dioceses, parishes, and church-related organizations, is making heroic efforts to defend life and liberty. How grateful we are for those who work so hard to protect the lives of the...Read More

I. Introduction: New Beginnings It was nearly five months ago that I was installed as the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore. Providentially, my installation occurred on the cusp of the Year of Faith which will official commence this coming Thursday, October 11th, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the II Vatican Council in Rome and...Read More

I. Introduction Let me thank you warmly for the opportunity to address you today about the topic of protecting, defending, and fostering religious liberty in the public square. In a special way I want to thank the bishops of the great State of Missouri for extending the invitation to me to speak to you today...Read More

A journalist was attending a dinner party where the Catholic Church was the topic of conversation. Everyone at the dinner table had negative things to say about the Church. After a while, everyone noticed he had remained silent. Knowing that he was a practicing Catholic, his dinner partner said, “Well, why do you still go...Read More

I. Introduction This morning, as we celebrate a Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of the annual CMSWR Assembly and on the cusp of the Year of Faith, the Scriptural readings of the day could not be more appropriate. We can discern in these readings the image of Mary, the Mother...Read More

On Election Day, November 6, citizens of Maryland will have the enormous responsibility of deciding the fate of a law that seeks to change the legal definition of marriage in our state. In short, Maryland voters will decide whether marriage as it has been known for centuries will remain as God intended, as a union...Read More

I. Introduction As we have gathered on September 11th, let us pause to remember those who died some eleven years ago in New York, at the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Let us pray for their eternal repose, for family and friends who grieve to this day, and for an end to terrorism and violence on...Read More

I. Introduction Let me thank you warmly for the opportunity to address you today about the topic of protecting, defending, and fostering religious liberty. In a special way I want to thank you, Fr. Tizio, for your warm words of welcome. Let me also thank those who have organized this event as a follow up...Read More