From the Archbishop

“Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of your mercy.” The Fatima prayer, a well-known Catholic prayer recited while praying the Rosary, reminds us that Jesus seeks to gather all of us under heaven’s roof. When we consider Christ yesterday, today, and forever, that adds up to a lot of souls. We will be gathered under one large roof! In Matthew’s Gospel…

As our Church celebrates Respect Life Month this October, we might give some thought to St. Joseph, who serves as a model for how we can incorporate respect for life into our daily discipleship. We know St. Joseph to be a defender of dignity, a model of faith, and a protector of the vulnerable. As a defender of dignity, Joseph stood by Mary at a time when others would have judged and condemned her…

That they all may be one” (Jn 17:21). As Jesus prepared for his own death, he offered his priestly prayer to the Father in these words, longing for greater unity among all the children of God. Our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has called the Church today to greater unity as the Body of Christ. Since the earliest days of the Church, from Jesus Christ himself…

I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for our Haitian community with members of the U.S. Senate and their staff. Organized by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the day brought together Cardinal Chibly Langlois from Les Cayes in Haiti, Archbishop Wenski from Miami, Bishop Fabre from Charleston, SC, Fr. Jazon, a Haitian priest from Camden, NJ, and me. We spent the day in conversation about…

There is something special about trees. My love for them can be traced back to childhood summer days spent playing in the white pine forest on my grandfather’s farm, to sacred moments spent in the woods of Pacem in Terris retreat center, and to days spent backpacking along the Superior Hiking Trail in northern Minnesota. Trees are counted among the teachers of my life. As one walks through the woods…

Archbishop Casey is sharing the following statement from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati with the Springfield Community: The wellbeing of the Haitian community of Springfield weighs heavily on the hearts of the faithful of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. We have had the privilege of witnessing the upstanding lives that Haitian families have built here in our community…