White involvement in racial justice work is key, Catholic leaders say December 31, 2022By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Although 2020 protests addressing racial disparity followed more than a century of civil liberty struggles in the U.S., more white Americans have been among the crowds of demonstrators in the more recent movement demanding racial equality than in the past, something many Catholic leaders believe is key.
Ann Augherton of Arlington Catholic Herald wins St. Francis de Sales Award July 8, 2022By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News Ann Augherton, managing editor of the Arlington Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, is the recipient of the 2022 St. Francis de Sales Award from the Catholic Media Association.
Eucharistic revival could ‘move needle’ on understanding of Real Presence October 27, 2021By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Evangelization, Feature, News, Video, World News A 2019 Pew Research Center study showed that 69% of all self-identified U.S. Catholics said they believed the bread and wine used at Mass are not Jesus, but instead are “symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.” The other 31% said they believed in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
Second Catholic president causes some to celebrate, gives others anxiety January 20, 2021By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Joe Biden became the second Catholic to be inaugurated as president of the United States Jan. 20, giving some U.S. Catholics and their religious leaders a reason to rejoice and others to fear more access to abortion under his leadership.
Face masks deemed expression of faith that deepens safety precaution October 6, 2020By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strongly advise the wearing of face masks to prevent the coronavirus transmission.
Bishop Madden among leaders concerned about rising gun violence, need for ‘commonsense’ gun laws August 14, 2020By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate, Video “I don’t believe that requiring gun registration and background checks is infringing on someone’s liberties,” Bishop Madden told CNS. “Some of the language hurled in these debates is disturbing to me, because it seems to discount the value of the lives lost to gun violence.”
I’ve been exposed to the coronavirus — I think March 27, 2020By Chaz Muth Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Guest Commentary What I came to learn during my confinement is that you don’t have to have symptoms to be a carrier of COVID-19 and spread it to others.
Mass for Mother Lange celebrates her sainthood cause January 17, 2008By Chaz Muth Filed Under: Local News, News To know the background of Mother Mary Lange was to appreciate the atmosphere May 8 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, where Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien led a Mass to pray for her sainthood.
