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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.

The best of things

December 24, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Jubilee 2025

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will offer six pilgrimage sites in Baltimore, Emmitsburg and Cumberland, as well as jubilee passports to check your progress in participating in the jubilee year.

Father Demek retires after nearly 50 years as a priest

December 23, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations

Father Demek was inspired to become a priest by a seminarian from his home parish, Holy Cross in South Baltimore. “My father ran the altar servers when I was a kid back in the ’50s and so I was an altar server from second grade on.” He was an altar server at the seminarian’s first Mass after ordination.

El arzobispo Lori dice que la Iglesia seguirá sirviendo a los migrantes y escuchando a la gente

November 22, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: En Español

El arzobispo William E. Lori dijo el 13 de noviembre que la Iglesia seguirá sirviendo a los migrantes e inmigrantes “como si sirviéramos a Cristo mismo”.

Archbishop Lori says church will continue to minister to migrants, listen to the people

November 13, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024

Archbishop William E. Lori said Nov. 13 that the church will continue to minister to migrants and immigrants “as if we were ministering to Christ himself.”

Los obispos de EEUU oran en Baltimore por sabiduría ‘para ayudar a los que están confiados a nuestro cuidado’

November 12, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: En Español

Cuando los obispos de Estados Unidos comenzaron su asamblea general de otoño el 11 de noviembre, el arzobispo Timothy P. Broglio instó a sus hermanos obispos a rezar para tener sabiduría.

Bishops urged to beg for wisdom as USCCB meeting begins in Baltimore

November 11, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024

As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg for wisdom.

Mercy Health celebrates 150 years of service to Baltimore

November 11, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Radio Interview

Those “founding stories” are not lost on those who work at Mercy Health Services in various locations with more than 4,800 employees and 500 physicians.

Frederick parish opens first cremation-only cemetery in archdiocese

November 7, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

A cremation-only cemetery at St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Frederick is the first of its kind in the area, according to Nathan Nardi, director of cemetery operations for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. 

Bishops mark Maryland Emancipation Day, affirm dignity of all

October 31, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, News, Racial Justice

The Catholic bishops of Maryland commemorated the 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day, affirming the dignity of every human person and noting that slavery was dehumanizing, reducing human beings to mere property.

Baltimore County cemetery offers green burials

October 31, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Natural burial – or green burial, as it is sometimes called – is done without embalming, and uses either a biodegradable shroud only, made of cotton, linen, hemp, wool or other natural fibers, or a shroud and a biodegradable casket, made of bamboo or soft woods such as pine or bark.

Archbishop Lori returns from second visit to Ukraine

October 25, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, War in Ukraine

On his second visit to war-torn Ukraine, Archbishop William E. Lori was able to visit not only Lviv, but also the capital city of Kyiv, which has seen intense fighting since Russia invaded the country in February 2022.

5 Things to Know about Maryland Question 1

October 10, 2024
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

The Maryland Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s Catholic bishops in Annapolis, is joining other local Catholic leaders in urging Marylanders to vote no on Question 1 – “The Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment.”

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