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.