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VATICAN CITY (CNS)–On New Year’s Eve, believers and non-believers alike give thanks for all they have received in the last 12 months and express their hopes for the coming year, but Christians [...]

ATLANTA—Finding common purpose with the Georgia Life Alliance, the Archdiocese of Atlanta will once again be represented at a rally and march around the State Capitol advocating for the unborn child.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–On New Year’s Eve, believers and non-believers alike give thanks for all they have received in the last 12 months and express their hopes for the coming year.

ATLANTA—With a flame from a Peace Candle, Jewish and Muslim leaders together lit 12 candles to commemorate the dead, sharing a desire for peace as war rages in Gaza and Ukraine.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–More than two millennia after the Holy Family was denied a room at the inn and Jesus was born in a manger, war once again renders his birthplace in the Holy Land inhospitable, [...]

ATLANTA—On the 800th anniversary of the “Nativity scene of Greccio,” the Apostolic Penitentiary is granting a plenary indulgence to all the faithful who, between now and Feb. 2 (Feast of the [...]

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., offers his Christmas message:

MONROE, Michigan—Sister Margaret McAnoy, IHM, 89, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the IHM Senior Living Community, Monroe, Michigan.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The Christmas season is a reminder to Christians that despite hardships, God chose to join himself to humanity and still remains by its side, Pope Francis said.

ATLANTA—A steady stream of cars pulls into a parking lot near St. Anthony of Padua Church in the West End.

ATLANTA—On Dec. 11, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., extended his Chanukah greetings to the Jewish community of Atlanta:

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The Advent call for “vigilance” does not mean staying awake and watchful out of fear, but rather out of a longing for the coming of the Lord, Pope Francis wrote.

ATLANTA—Advent begins Sunday, Dec. 3 and is the beginning of a new liturgical year. Symbolized by the color purple, the season of Advent includes the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to Christmas.

ATLANTA—A granite cross now stands in the parking lot of the Lyke House Newman Center where Jatonne Sterling was fatally shot.

ATLANTA—At the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, it announces a “bold faith” lived by a “bold church.” And that’s how it’s been since it began.

ATLANTA—On the Feast of St. Andrew, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., extended his greetings on behalf of the faithful in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, to Metropolitan Alexios of the [...]

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Pope Francis appealed for perseverance in praying for peace, especially in the Holy Land where the conflict is no longer “warfare,” but has become “terrorism.”

ATLANTA—Giving Tuesday is Nov. 28. The initiative, started in 2012, aims to celebrate generosity by spotlighting the work of nonprofits.

ATLANTA—On the front page of the Nov. 28, 1963 issue of The Georgia Bulletin, still in its inaugural year of publication, Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan offered words of prayer following the [...]