Knights of Peter Claver host annual convention in Atlanta

ATLANTA—If you’ve ever attended a Eucharistic Congress, you may have seen women dressed all in white and men with swords standing guard during the morning procession.

Lofty titles do not guarantee entrance to heaven, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A life marked by humility, faith and love determines whether Christians enter heaven, not who they know, Pope Francis said.

Rebuilding Hope helps seminarians experience missionary life in Puerto Rico

ATLANTA—A handful of Atlanta seminarians traveled for three weeks to Puerto Rico to get a taste of missionary life, in addition to doing works of mercy.

USCCB Committee Chairman of International Justice and Peace and the CEO of Catholic Relief Service respond to Administration’s call for rescissions of $2-4 billion of funds for State Department and USAID

Father James S. Behrens, OCSO, Trappist monk and author, dies August 15

CONYERS—Father James Stephen Behrens, OCSO, a monk at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit died on Thursday, Aug. 15 as a result of complications from a lung biopsy procedure. He was 71 [...]

‘Belong’ theme of Steubenville Atlanta conference

DULUTH —Teens from Atlanta and surrounding areas gathered July 12-14 for the annual Steubenville Atlanta conference at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth.

Bishop Konzen responds to phishing email scam

SMYRNA—Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, diocesan administrator, has released the following statement on this week’s phishing email scam.

Superior general’s Atlanta visit inspires Missionaries of Charity community

ATLANTA—Sister Mary Prema Pierick, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, visited the Atlanta members of the congregation and its volunteers in June.

‘Belong’ theme of Steubenville Atlanta conference

DULUTH —Teens from Atlanta and surrounding areas gathered July 12-14 for the annual Steubenville Atlanta conference at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth.

Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.

WASHINGTON— Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3 and 4.

Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development Issues Statement on the Death Penalty