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ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS)—United by the words of the prophet of social justice, Catholic Church leaders urged black Catholics to become active, just disciples of Christ.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholic dioceses and charities are organizing to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall with winds of 130 miles per hour late Aug. [...]

ATHENS—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory urged Catholic college students to have the courage of faith to respond to hatred and bigotry.

ATLANTA—Following a series of protests and racial violence in Virginia, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has conveyed a challenge for justice, civility and respect and delivered a personal message of [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis has approved a fourth pathway to possible sainthood—giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—For the first time in 99 years, the summer sky will turn to night at midday Aug. 21 during a solar eclipse along a 70-mile wide path from coast to coast.

Especially in the wake of last weekend’s racially charged tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, the highest-ranking African-American prelate in the United [...]

CLAYTON—The completed columbarium/memorial garden at St. Helena Church in Clayton was dedicated earlier this year on April 2. Bishop Luis R. Zarama presided at the Mass of dedication, [...]

ATLANTA—The spacious office on the third floor of the Chancery is mostly empty, awaiting the belongings and activities of its new owner. In the time since his announcement May 18 as the new [...]

ATLANTA—Olga Myers, Jan Nerone and Elyse O’Kane, co-founders of the Joyful Visitation chapter of Magnificat, spoke May 6 of how God led them to bring this international Catholic women’s ministry [...]

WINDER—Jeff Carr faces another 1,100 miles, with more than 1,000 miles completed. He is hiking the Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine, to raise money to drill a water well in Nicaragua. [...]