True power is exercised in service of the weakest, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–While people can get caught up in the pursuit of power and greatness, Jesus teaches that true power is found in the humility of being a servant to the most vulnerable, Pope [...]

Hundreds mourn Christian Angulo following Apalachee High School shooting

WINDER—Family, friends, classmates and teachers filled the pews at St. Matthew Church to attend the funeral of Christian Gabriel Angulo, a 14-year-old student who died in the tragic shooting at [...]

Middle schoolers embrace Gospel of Jesus at ‘Holy Fire’

ATLANTA—Hundreds of middle school youth renewed their baptismal promises at “Holy Fire,” a Sept. 14 event featuring music, encouraging speakers, the sacrament of reconciliation and Mass.

Our Lady of Lavang community meets at Blessed Trinity High School

ROSWELL—Vietnamese hymns fill the gymnasium of Blessed Trinity High School, marking the start of a new spiritual community.

New president of Holy Spirit Preparatory School envisions a ‘community of joy’

ATLANTA—Three weeks ago, Aimee Viana was relocating her family to Georgia from Virginia, helping her daughter move into her college dorm and prepping her two youngest children for their first day [...]

Pregnancy Aid Clinic to celebrate 40th anniversary at ‘An Evening for Life’

ATLANTA—Pregnancy Aid Clinic (PAC) will host “An Evening for Life” gala on Oct. 27 at the Georgia Aquarium.

Archdiocese of Atlanta plans new interparochial Catholic school

FLOWERY BRANCH—The Archdiocese of Atlanta is preparing to open a new school in Hall County.

Pro-life work continues following abortion clinic closure

ATLANTA—Cathy Schneider and many others kept vigil for countless hours outside of the Atlanta Women’s Center, hoping to encourage pregnant mothers to consider an alternative to abortion.

CEO of 9/11-related foundation reflects on service to first responders, vets, families

NEW YORK (OSV News)–The passage of 23 years has only strengthened Frank Siller’s resolve that first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the soldiers lost in the war that followed will [...]

St. Matthew Church comforting community following school shooting

WINDER — “I could really use my prayers right now. My school is getting shot up.”

Pope urges Indonesian Catholics to live out Gospel love, spread hope

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS)–Even members of the most remote, smallest and poorest Christian communities are called to share the Gospel and to do so, first, by the way they live, Pope Francis told [...]

The treasure of grandparents and the elderly

In October I will return to Vietnam after 31 years to exhume the remains of my mother and oldest brother.

Bishops of Atlanta urge prayer and action following Apalachee High School shooting

ATLANTA–Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., was joined by Atlanta’s auxiliary bishops in offering prayers for healing for the Winder community following the Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee [...]