News Release
July 12, 2007
STATEMENT OF CARDINAL JUSTIN RIGALI ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ARCHBISHOP EDWIN F. O'BRIEN AS ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE
I offer my sincere congratulations and best wishes to Archbishop Edwin O'Brien on his appointment as the fifteenth Archbishop of Baltimore. Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has shown his confidence in Archbishop O'Brien as a prayerful shepherd of the faithful, one who will lead the people of Baltimore with faith and trust in Jesus. I am certain that the people of the first diocese in America will welcome him warmly.
I also offer my best wishes to Cardinal William Keeler upon the Holy Father's acceptance of his resignation. Cardinal Keeler has lived the Gospel and has been a true servant of the Lord. His pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Baltimore has been marked by his love and concern for the lives of the faithful of the Archdiocese, whom he has guided in the model of the Good Shepherd, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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