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WASHINGTON (OSV News)–The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children’s services and refugee support ...

ATLANTA—Father Bruce W. Wilkinson, who was a longtime pastor at Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Atlanta, died March 24.

ATLANTA—Called “the first Atlantan too busy to hate,” Irish native Father Thomas O’Reilly was honored by city officials, Irish government ministers and members of the city’s oldest civic group at [...]

"As Catholics, we are committed to protecting the vulnerable and to promoting a culture of life in our society. House Bill 123 works to do both, and we celebrate its passage and all the good that [...]

ATLANTA—Father James Lawrence “Jim” Harrison, the founding principal of St. Pius X High School, died March 7. He was 95 years old.

ROME (CNS)–Immediately before leaving Rome’s Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of treatment for breathing difficulties, double pneumonia and infections, Pope Francis greeted hundreds of [...]

ATLANTA— The Archdiocese of Atlanta is set to welcome nearly 3,000 men and women into the church following the Rite of Election.

ROME (CNS)–For the first time since Pope Francis was hospitalized in mid-February, the Vatican press office released a photograph of him March 16;

ATLANTA—On a chilly morning outside the Georgia State Capitol, a mother held her daughter close amid a crowd of pro-life supporters.

ATLANTA—Catholic Schools Superintendent Patty Childs is reminding parents to explore the new Georgia Promise Scholarship program.

ATLANTA—When you attend Sunday Mass and look at your fellow parishioners, you might not know that many of them attended a Cursillo weekend.

ROME (CNS)–For the first time since Pope Francis was hospitalized in mid-February, the Vatican press office released a photograph of him March 16;

ATLANTA—Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington celebrated the faith and service of Eunice and Sargent Shriver during a Feb. 13 Mass at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–On his 21st day in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis recorded a 27-second audio message thanking people for their prayers.

ATLANTA—People of varied backgrounds gathered in Atlanta on March 6 to take part in the annual March for Life.

ATLANTA—Patients are more than just charts and pills for nurse Kathryn Moore.

ATLANTA–In a pre-Lenten letter, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., urges Atlanta Catholics to support the important work of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) amid a freeze of funds from the U.S.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–A light drizzle finally let up as hundreds of faithful headed to St. Peter’s Square to pray the rosary for Pope Francis on the 11th day of his hospitalization for double pneumonia.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Pope Francis experienced “an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required the use of oxygen at high flows” Feb. 22, said the daily medical bulletin [...]

CUMMING—As a lifelong artist, Patricia Mattozzi embraced one of the little-known traditions of iconography: never signing her work.