Archbishop Lori tells conference to look at ‘root’ of violence, poverty January 31, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that in order to help mothers and children thrive as a way to build peace, “we really have to think about the root causes of the violence and the poverty that we see all around us.”