A Mass of Christian Burial for Archbishop William Donald Borders will be held at 1 p.m. April 23 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Archbishop William Donald Borders will be held at 1 p.m. April 23 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that Archbishop William D. Borders, 13th Archbishop of Baltimore, died this morning at 10:03 at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 96 years old. “Archbishop Borders was a man of deep faith, great humility and great love for God, the Church and this Archdiocese,” Archbishop O’Brien said. […]
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.”
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), […]

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