CLIP advocating for better collaboration between church leaders, laity
ATLANTA—Believers from 21 parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta have gathered for several months to raise the voices of laypeople in the church.
Kindly lights in gloomy world: Pope declares five new saints
VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Saints are people who recognized their need for God’s help, who took risks to discover God’s will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, Pope Francis said.
LaGrange’s police chief honored by St. Thomas More Society
LAGRANGE—Louis Dekmar wants to “interrupt the past” to reconcile and repair relations between law enforcement and the African American community.
Parish, school fall festivals celebrate the season
ATLANTA—Parishes and schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese host fall festival celebrations throughout the season.
Green teams answer pope’s call to ‘care for creation’
ATLANTA—The annual Green Mass for those who work or volunteer in environmental protection and sustainability was held Oct. 4 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta.
Cardinal Sarah: To oppose the pope is to be outside the church
VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah said the people who portray him as an opponent of Pope Francis are being used by the devil to help divide the church.
Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop John Jenik, Names New Auxiliary Bishops for Archdiocese of New York
WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has appointed the Rev. Msgr. Gerardo Colacicco and the Rev. Msgr. Edmund Whalen as Auxiliary Bishops-elect of New York.
Atlanta priests join Catholic Extension trip to border
ATLANTA—On Sept. 29, the Catholic Church recognized the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, an occasion to express concern for vulnerable people on the move and increase awareness about migration.
Refugee advocates decry Trump administration’s plan to cut refugee cap
WASHINGTON (CNS)—Refugee advocates are opposed to the decision announced by the Trump administration Sept. 26 that it plans to admit no more than 18,000 refugees in the next fiscal year.
Archdiocese partners with NAMI Georgia to promote mental health awareness
ATLANTA—In the U.S., one in five people lives with a mental health condition. But many believe that the church could—and should—be a lifechanging resource for those who wish to begin a journey [...]
Commitment to fighting climate change still weak, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The international community must ramp up its efforts if it expects to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, Pope Francis said.
