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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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

BENSALEM, Pa.–This tax season, Americans have an unexpected figure to thank for one of their most-used deductions. She wasn’t an accountant, a lawyer or even a politician, but an actual saint.

ATLANTA—David Spotanski, who was named the first lay chief operating officer in the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 2013, says the “vitality” of faith lived in the 69 counties and more than 100 [...]

ATLANTA—More than 1,400 women, children and men are preparing to take their next steps in faith by joining the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

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.”

Pope Francis has asked bishops around the world to join him March 25 in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, something bishops in every part of the globe had started [...]

ATLANTA—A statue of Jesus hidden as a homeless man sits beside the front steps of the historic red brick Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, while down the block on Central Avenue, a homeless [...]

BALTIMORE (CNS)–In response to more than 2 million refugees, primarily women and children, fleeing the conflict in Ukraine in recent weeks, the president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services said [...]

JONESBORO—A jerry can of 44 pounds of water was hauled by young and old during a walk on the campus of St. Philip Benizi Church in solidarity with African women and girls who must haul as many as [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Pope Francis will travel to the war-scarred countries of Congo and South Sudan in early July, the Vatican press office said.

ATLANTA–Volunteers are needed for the 25th Eucharistic Congress, to be held June 17-18, at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park.

SINSINAWA, Wis.—Sister Marie Sullivan, OP, died Feb. 9, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Dennita. She was 90 years old.

DULUTH—After nearly three years of prayer and generosity, parishioners of St. Monica Church are embracing their newly renovated worship space.

WARSAW, Poland (CNS)–With the “further escalation of tension in Ukraine,” the president of the Polish bishops’ conference asked Polish Catholics to continue praying for peace, but also to be [...]