Forty-Two
EASTER MONDAY, WE’RE once again standing in the foyer of the Archbishop’s residence. His housekeeper asked us to wait here, assuring us that His Eminence would be along shortly.
We walk around, looking at the portraits of previous Archbishops of Baltimore, many of them Cardinals owing to the Archdiocese’s historic role as the first one established in the United States. If the rumors are true, Archbishop Knowland should be receiving a red cap from His Holiness in the next couple of years.
Soon, a door opens and the Archbishop enters to greet us.
“Father Tom, Helen,” His Eminence says with a smile and a warm handshake, “it is so nice to see you again. Father, would you excuse Helen and me for a few minutes. We have a couple of things to discuss. Father Wayne will keep you com
