The upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori to write a pastoral letter on the civil rights leader’s principles of nonviolence.
Archbishop calls for renewed focus on Rev. King’s call to nonviolence
Catholics urged to work for ‘holiness of freedom, freedom for holiness’
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, homilist at the opening Mass of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Fortnight for Freedom an annual observance highlighting the importance of religious liberty, cited the suffering of Christians and other religious minorities for religious freedom in 25 countries around the world today.