Honoring the 2022 jubilarian priests

ATLANTA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta honored clergy celebrating 25 and 50 years in the priesthood at the recent Chrism Mass:

Catholic college professor promotes iconography project to help Ukraine

CHICAGO (CNS)—”It is happening.”

St. Bernadette relics to visit Atlanta

ATLANTA–Relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous are scheduled to visit the Archdiocese of Atlanta as part of a nationwide tour.

Pregnancy Aid Clinic expands medical staff with archdiocesan support

ATLANTA—Pregnancy Aid Clinic (PAC) and the Archdiocese of Atlanta have partnered to help expand services for women and families facing unexpected pregnancies.

Fransalian Associates inspired by gentle approach to faith

ATLANTA—This prolific author penned life lessons that’d be ideal for any car’s bumper.

Synod listening sessions attracted hundreds to share joys and concerns

DOUGLASVILLE—Around a table of five were a retired court reporter and a woman who worked in the banking industry.

Christ’s resurrection brings hope amid ‘Easter of war,’ pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The joy of Christ’s resurrection is needed now more than ever in a time when war in Ukraine and other parts of the world makes the hope for peace seem like an illusion, Pope [...]

Papal preacher: Jesus calls everyone to repent, turn swords into plowshares

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said.

Notre Dame Cathedral truss exhibit visits Atlanta

ATLANTA—Sitting behind the monumental arches of the Millennium Gate Museum near Atlantic Station is a tall wooden truss exhibit—a tribute to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

St. Aelred embraces Catholics and those journeying toward the church

BISHOP—In a red brick building on Macon Highway, less than 20 minutes away from Athens, the faith community of St. Aelred Church gathers for Sunday Mass.

Eucharistic Congress Choir celebrates Christ in song

WOODSTOCK—On a Sunday evening in late February, about 50 singers from parishes in north and central Georgia arrived at St. Michael the Archangel Church to begin choir rehearsal for the [...]

Pope: Blood of Bucha massacre victims ‘cries out to heaven’

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis once again pleaded for an end to the bloodshed and violence in Ukraine after images of innocent civilians apparently executed in Bucha sparked outrage and horror [...]

Meeting migrants, pope warns civilization risks being ‘shipwrecked’

HAL FAR, Malta (CNS)–Saying civilization itself risks foundering because of apathy and selfishness, Pope Francis insisted that migrants and refugees must be treated with care and kindness and [...]

School facilities manager says work is ‘heaven on earth’

DECATUR—For Yemane Ghidey, his work as school facilities manager at the St. Thomas More School campus and the energetic students give him “my heaven on earth.”

Atlanta archbishop: War in Ukraine ‘outrageous before almighty God’

ATLANTA—Religious leaders sat together at Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta, listening to prayers for peace, Scripture and condemning the invasion of Ukraine.