William E. Lori

U.S. Sens. Benjamin Cardin and Christopher Van Hollen, both Maryland Democrats, joined Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore and other local faith leaders to call for increased federal funding to strengthen security at religious sites amid a recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks.

A national newspaper published a document that, it says, is a copy of a report now in the hands of the Vatican, detailing what witnesses say transpired during the tenure of the retired bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, as well as other allegations of sexual misconduct while he was the rector of Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

In a letter, two Baltimore bishops said that the president's recent comments about their city were "horrible, demeaning and beneath the dignity of a political leader."

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori has issued his second pastoral reflection in 12 months on the effects of racism on society.