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Eric T. Styles interviews the retired African-American prelate on liturgy, the reforms of Pope Francis, and the nascent Pope Leo XIV.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

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.

ATHENS—By early afternoon, scores of neighbors filled the concrete courtyard between the classroom trailers.

ATLANTA—In May 27 letters to U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Georgia’s Catholic bishops express support for the Religious Workforce Protection Act (RWPA) ...

This month, Pope Francis' landmark encyclical on ecology, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," turned 10.

CONYERS—Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the spiritual leader of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the United States along with other ...

I was with friends in a cabin in the mountains of North Georgia, looking forward to a relaxing Easter Monday when my phone exploded.

MARIETTA—As they have since 1988, Knights of Columbus (KofC) Assembly members will sponsor a Memorial Day Mass on ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Launching his papacy with a call for reconciliation and communion, Pope Leo XIV formally began his ministry as the successor ...

Pope Leo XIV presides at the Mass of Inauguration of his Petrine Ministry in Saint Peter’s Square, and invites the Church to walk together along the path of God's love and remain united in one family.

The true scope and impact of Pope Francis’ pontificate will reveal itself more fully in time. That is not to say, however, that we only need to sit back and watch it unfold.

SMYRNA–Archbishop Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, conveys the following announcements regarding priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, effective July 1, 2025:

ATLANTA — Shock, joy, and even chants of “USA” filled the room at a watch party inside the Archdiocese of Atlanta as local Catholics learned that, for the first time in history, an American has [...]

(OSV News)–The following is the full text of the “urbi et orbi” blessing given by Pope Leo XIV after his election May 8, 2025.

ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia Catholics are excited and still a little bit in shock after the announcement of the first American pope.