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Edwin F. O'Brien, the 15th archbishop of Baltimore, boasts a religious career that spans four decades on several continents, including work as a combat chaplain in the U.S. military. On October 1, 2007, O'Brien was installed as leader of the Baltimore region's half-million Catholics. He succeeded Cardinal William H. Keeler, who held the post for 18 years. O'Brien was born April 8, 1939, in the Bronx, N.Y. After receiving a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees from St. Joseph's Seminary, O'Brien was ordained as a priest on May 29, 1965. The church assigned him as a civilian chaplain at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Five years later, at the height of the Vietnam War in 1970, h...
Edwin F. O'Brien, the 15th archbishop of Baltimore, boasts a religious career that spans four decades on several continents, including work as a combat chaplain in the U.S. military. On October 1, 2007, O'Brien was installed as leader of the Baltimore region's half-million Catholics. He succeeded Cardinal William H. Keeler, who held the post for 18 years. O'Brien was born April 8, 1939, in the Bronx, N.Y. After receiving a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees from St. Joseph's Seminary, O'Brien was ordained as a priest on May 29, 1965. The church assigned him as a civilian chaplain at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Five years later, at the height of the Vietnam War in 1970, he joined the Army and attained the rank of captain, taking flight training that required him to parachute out of airplanes. From 1971 to 1972 he served a tour of duty in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 1st Calvary Brigade. He pursued a doctoral degree in Rome and returned to New York, where he would spend the bulk of his career from 1976 to 1997. During his time there he coordinated the New York visit of Pope John Paul II and, as secretary to Cardinal Terence Cooke, had to endure the painful job of attending to the ailing head of the New York archdiocese.
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Mask draws police interest
As police continued to search for the robbers in the fatal shooting of former city councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr., city officials prepared yesterday to honor and remember their one-time colleague.
The City Hall council chamber will be draped in black...Tags: Elijah E Cummings, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Murder, Prosecution, Public Officials
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School ecstatic over blue ribbon
Since the e-mail announcing that her school was named a Blue Ribbon School landed in her inbox, Sister Linda Larsen, principal at St. John the Evangelist School in Severna Park, has been a busy woman. The prestigious national education award has...Tags: Christianity, Parochial Schools, Religious Education, Elementary Schools, Severna Park
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Malooly new Catholic Diocese of Wilmington bishop
The Associated PressThe Catholic Diocese of Wilmington installed the Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly as its ninth bishop Monday, and the new leader used the occasion to apologize to victims of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of priests. Malooly made the remarks in a homily...Tags: Sexual Assault, Retirement, Pope, Religious Leaders, Abusive Behavior
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USS Sterett unveiled, set to sail
Sun ReporterThe USS Sterett, the Navy's newest $1.3 billion guided-missile destroyer, was commissioned in the Port of Baltimore yesterday evening in an hourlong ceremony, complete with cannon fire and marching band performances. The warship was berthed at South...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Locust Point, Martin O'Malley
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The mark of a leader
Sun ReporterArchbishop Edwin F. O'Brien will receive his pallium at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican tomorrow, a capstone event marking his connection to the Catholic hierarchy and to the church worldwide. More than 100 Marylanders have traveled to Rome to attend...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Pope, Thomas J Reese, John Paul II
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Marking 200 years of faith
Sun reporterThe 200-year-old Neo-Gothic chapel is so carefully tucked behind a shaded block of Paca Street that many Baltimore natives don't know it exists. But yesterday, Catholic leaders and longtime admirers of St. Mary's Chapel pledged to increase its visibility...Tags: Society, Christianity, Roland Park, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Ceremonies
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O'Brien celebrates with pope
Sun reporterAs a native of the Bronx, Edwin F. O'Brien once dreamed of taking the field at Yankee Stadium. Yesterday, he had his chance. "I finally made it," Baltimore's archbishop said before joining Pope Benedict XVI yesterday at the fabled ballpark in New York....Tags: Society, Terrorism, September 11, 2001 Attacks, United Air Lines, Philip Giordano
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Facing priest abuses, pope initiates healing
Sun reporterThis was supposed to be an introduction. On his first papal visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI would celebrate a few Masses, give a speech at the United Nations, and let a nation that knew him by his reputation as the church's doctrinal...Tags: John Kerry, Church and State Relations, Pope, Medical Research, Religious Leaders
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Md. Catholics join in exuberant liturgy
Sun reportersJack Rosenthal awoke yesterday in a panic. The 16-year-old had overslept, missing the bus to Washington for an event with great historical and spiritual significance to him - Pope Benedict XVI's first Mass in the U.S. as pontiff. The teen's father rushed...Tags: Teen-agers, People, Pope, Colleges and Universities, John Jenkins
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Catholic bicentennial
Sun reporterThe Archdiocese of Baltimore will celebrate its bicentennial starting next month with work on a new prayer garden near downtown, musical performances in the Basilica of the Assumption and an exhibit of the Catholic community's history at St. Mary's...Tags: United Nations, Washington Nationals, Photography, Pope, John Paul II
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Deciphering Benedict XVI
Sun ReporterPope Benedict XVI comes to Washington this week a virtual stranger in the United States, home to the third-largest Catholic flock on the planet. But his itinerary, which includes stadium-sized Masses for tens of thousands of followers, will provide an...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Assault, David Gibson, Islam, Pope
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Politics to greet pope on U.S. visit
Sun ReporterPope Benedict XVI arrives in the United States this week amid a full-throttle presidential campaign, with Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain seeking support from the same engaged Catholics the pontiff hopes to reach. The pope won't...Tags: Minority Groups, John Kerry, David Campbell, Pope, Medical Research
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