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Christopher Gunty

A Chicago-area native, Christopher Gunty is associate publisher/editor of Catholic Review Media. He also serves as a host of Catholic Review Radio.
He has spent his whole professional career in Catholic journalism as a writer, photographer, editor, circulation manager and associate publisher. He spent four years with The Chicago Catholic; 19 years as founding editor and associate publisher of The Catholic Sun in Phoenix, Ariz.; and six years at The Florida Catholic. In July 2009, he came to Baltimore to lead The Cathedral Foundation, now Catholic Review Media.

Chris served as president of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada from 1996 to 1998, and has traveled extensively learning about and reporting on the work of the church, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Haiti, Poland, Italy, Germany and finally in 2010 visited the Holy Land for the first time.

Deacon Mwai’s calling rooted in Benedictine foundation

June 21, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, New Priests 2023, News, Vocations

Deacon Mwai left the monastery to come to the East Coast, where he saw the life of the church in Maryland and was attracted to it.

Deacon Mmuoh’s journey goes from ‘playing Mass’ to celebrating the Eucharist

June 20, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, New Priests 2023, News, Vocations

Deacon Felix Mmuoh will be one of nine seminarians who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Never stop learning

June 4, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Journalism

We hope the Catholic media personnel who come to Charm City this month will find the support they need to continue this important work.

Archbishop Lori affirms support for transparency in addressing sexual abuse

May 12, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News

Archbishop William E. Lori confirmed that no one who has been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor is currently in ministry in the archdiocese, and that he has confidence that all clergy and employees are committed to protecting children and enforcing the archdiocese’s child protection policies.

Just a spark

May 9, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Evangelization, Feature

More than 500 people joined the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil at their local parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, a culmination of months of preparation for the sacraments of initiation, confirmation and reception into full communion with the church.

Archdiocesan gala returns with emphasis on education, honors

April 28, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News

The Archdiocese of Baltimore revived the archdiocesan Medal of Honor, bestowing the award to 12 individuals at the Shine the Light Gala April 22.

Annual Appeal aims to raise $8.2 million for ministries

April 27, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Appeal, Feature, Giving, Local News, News

The 2023 Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries has received 12,356 gifts or pledges, bringing the total committed to more than $5.6 million, more than two-thirds toward a goal of $8.2 million.

Theologian emphasizes empathy at Catholic Charities symposium

April 25, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice

As Catholic Charities of Baltimore continues to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the organization sponsored its first social justice symposium April 20 in person at Church of the Nativity in Timonium and livestreamed to six additional satellite locations.

Maryland attorney general acknowledges that church has changed response

April 7, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News

“(I)t is accurate to say that the abuse that we discovered and uncovered pre-dates the current leadership in the Archdiocese and they are offenses that occurred in the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s and through the ’80s, some maybe as recently as the ’90s,” Brown said.

Archbishop Lori saddened, shamed and sickened by abuse in the church

April 5, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News

Archbishop Lori said that as he read the report, “just as a pastor of souls and as a Catholic, I felt deep sadness. I felt shame. I felt sickened by the report, and I had to ask myself how could this have happened in the life of the church and how could it have gone on so long?”

Attorney General report: ‘a heartbreaking and new reminder of a tragic and shameful time’

April 5, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News

In a pastoral letter in response to the release of a redacted version of the Maryland Attorney General’s report “Clergy Abuse in Maryland: Report on the Investigation of the Archdiocese of Baltimore,” Archbishop William E. Lori said it serves “as a heartbreaking and new reminder of a tragic and shameful time.”

Communion under both kinds returns in Archdiocese of Baltimore

April 5, 2023
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will reinstitute the reception of Communion under both species on Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, April 6.

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