In his first public appearance as the new archbishop of Baltimore, Edwin O?Brien said he will continue his predecessor?s efforts to increase religious vocations and support for struggling Catholic schools in the nation?s oldest diocese.
The Vatican Thursday confirmed O?Brien?s replacement of Cardinal William Keeler, who has led Baltimore?s half-million Catholics for nearly two decades. Seated side-by-side Thursday at a news conference in the Baltimore Basilica, both noted a decline in priests and said O?Brien ? currently the archbishop for the military services and the former rector of two seminaries ? has a particular passion for recruiting new ones.
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