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Gina Christian

Catholic News Service

Gina Christian is a senior content producer for CatholicPhilly.com, the digital newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

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The mother of Ukrainian serviceman Abdulkarim Gulamov, who was killed in a fight against Russian troops in Ukraine's Kherson region July 17, 2022, holds national flag during a July 21 funeral ceremony in Kyiv as Russia's attack on Ukraine continued. (CNS photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)

World

Ukrainian Catholics denounce so-called 'annexation' of Ukraine regions

Gina Christian|Oct 3, 2022|4 Min Read

Empty shelves seen at a CVS store in San Antonio May 10, 2022, illustrate the national shortage of baby formula. (CNS photo/Kaylee Greenlee Beal, Reuters)

U.S. baby formula shortage hits food pantries run by church, other agencies

Gina Christian|May 13, 2022|4 Min Read

Sharonell Fulton, a foster parent in Philadelphia, is pictured with a young woman and children in a May 23, 2018, photo. In a unanimous decision June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents. (CNS photo/courtesy Becket Religious Liberty for All)

Philadelphia foster parents welcome U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling

Gina Christian|Jun 17, 2021|4 Min Read

Firefighters battle a blaze at the former St. Leo the Great Church in Philadelphia May 9, 2021. The church closed in 2018 following a parish merger five years earlier with Our Lady of Consolation. (CNS photo/Gina Christian, CatholicPhilly.com)

Officials say arson caused fire that destroyed landmark Catholic church

Gina Christian|May 14, 2021|4 Min Read

Father Stephen Thorne, pastor of St. Martin de Porres Parish in Philadelphia, blesses the location where a murder took place outside the church hours after the Easter Vigil Mass, April 21, 2019. (CNS photo/Father Stephen Thorne, courtesy photo via CatholicPhilly.com)

Philadelphia priests look for ways to stop city's gun violence

Gina Christian|Apr 27, 2021|4 Min Read

Oblate Brother Mickey McGrath, a liturgical artist attempting to foster healing and justice in the struggle against racism through his work, holds his artistry tools in his Camden, N.J., studio in this undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Oblate Brother Mickey McGrath)

Religious brother uses gifts as liturgical artist to heal wounds of racism

Gina Christian|Jul 30, 2020|4 Min Read

The gold cross and cupola of Philadelphia's Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul are pictured in this 2011 file photo. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has so far paid $50 million to abuse survivors. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Pa. archdiocese pays out or approves over $50 million for survivors so far

Gina Christian|Jul 30, 2020|2 Min Read

In this 2014 file photo, Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh hears a young woman's confession during a pro-life youth rally and Mass at the Verizon Center in Washington. (CNS photo/Leslie Kossoff)

Faith

Decline in confession called harmful to church's mission to spread Gospel

Gina Christian|Jul 8, 2020|4 Min Read

Black Catholics participate in a revival in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia in this undated photo. (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com)

Faith

Black Catholic spirituality a force in fight against racism, say pastors

Gina Christian|Jun 23, 2020|4 Min Read

Father Douglas McKay, a Philadelphia priest who has spent 50 years ministering to those in addiction, says that Philadelphia's plans to create the first U.S. safe injection site are "a form of euthanasia." (CNS photo/Gina Christian, catholicphilly.com)

Safe injection sites for drug addicts 'a form of euthanasia,' priest says

Gina Christian|Oct 16, 2019|5 Min Read

Ken Johnston, second from left, and Father Douglas McKay speak with members of the Calix Society, a Catholic support group for those in recovery, at the Washington Retreat House Aug. 2, 2019. Founded to help those struggling with alcoholism, Calix has recently expanded its outreach to other forms of addiction, which it works to heal through the power of sacramental grace. (CNS photo/Gina Christian, catholicphilly.com)

Faith

Addiction ministry centers on the power of the Eucharist

Gina Christian|Sep 23, 2019|5 Min Read

Lila Rose

Philadelphia holds 'Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying'

Gina Christian|May 14, 2019|4 Min Read

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