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In the US, Chicago church’s plan to fast from ‘whiteness’ for Lent gets pushback

US Chicago First United Church of Oak Park Fasting from Whiteness poster

Chicago, US RNS To say that First United Church of Oak Park isn’t used to getting national media attention for its Lenten programming is “perhaps the understatement of the year,” according to senior pastor Rev John Edgerton. But after the congregation in suburban Chicago erected a banner announcing a fast from “whiteness” for Lent, the […]

US Catholic bishops and laypeople may live in different news bubbles

Catholic news habits

RNS When Catholic bishops want to know what’s going on in the world, they’re likely to tune in to Fox News. Their parishioners, however, appear to prefer CNN. Newly revealed data reported by the National Catholic Reporter shows that news-watching habits of Catholic bishops seem to skew significantly more conservative than American Catholics overall, hinting […]