Cross Bearers give time and love to feed the hungry
FLOWERY BRANCH—Every Wednesday, volunteers at Prince of Peace Church gather in two classrooms around 8 a.m. to transform 150 loaves of bread into more than 1,200 sandwiches.
Pope at Angelus: Christ’s Body and Blood, the ultimate sacrifice of love
"The Lord receives, sanctifies, and blesses the bread and wine that we place on the Altar, together with the offering of our lives, ...
Emory Saint Joseph’s, Atlanta Archdiocese announce sponsorship agreement to preserve hospital’s Catholic identity
ATLANTA–Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving June 23 at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, to recognize a historic agreement between Emory Healthcare and the [...]
Witnessing hope: My trip to Zambia with Catholic Relief Services
The first week of June, I had the privilege of travelling to Zambia in Southern Africa to witness firsthand the life-saving and life-giving work Catholic Relief Services faithfully and joyfully [...]
A decade of ‘Laudato si’’
ATLANTA—“Praise be to you, my Lord,” opens the landmark papal encyclical focused on the environment.
Pope sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati
VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.
Jubilee of Hope: Atlanta’s pilgrimage churches
ATLANTA—On a weekday morning, a small group of parishioners kneel in the pews of a quiet chapel and pray.
Pope sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati
VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.
Podcast: Cardinal Wilton Gregory on 40 years of episcopal ministry and Black Catholic history
Eric T. Styles interviews the retired African-American prelate on liturgy, the reforms of Pope Francis, and the nascent Pope Leo XIV.
Celebrating the Class of 2025 honor graduates
ATLANTA—Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta honored their 2025 valedictorians and salutatorians during graduation ceremonies this month. Catholic students were also named the top [...]
IHM students, church members take faith on the go with new bus
ATLANTA—A new era of transportation services has rolled onto the campus of Immaculate Heart of Mary School. Through last year’s #iGiveCatholic campaign, the Atlanta school acquired a bus for use [...]
Pope, Romanian bishops, Jewish officials pay tribute to martyred bishop
VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal “in pectore”–secretly–by St. Paul VI in 1969.
Father Gregory Goolsby, archdiocesan priest, remembered
ATLANTA—Father Gregory David “Greg” Goolsby, a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, died May 29 after a prolonged illness. He was 68 years old and a priest for nearly 32 years.
OLA bids farewell to Marists after six decades of service
BROOKHAVEN—At a May 18 Mass, Our Lady of the Assumption Church honored the Marist priests who have served the parish for nearly 60 years.
Departing sisters were ‘the heart of this neighborhood’
ATHENS—By early afternoon, scores of neighbors filled the concrete courtyard between the classroom trailers.
