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ATLANTA—Msgr. James Joseph “Jim” Fennessy, the retired pastor of St. Jude the Apostle Church, died Sept. 15. He was 82 years old and a priest for 57 years.

ROSWELL—Pregnancy Aid Clinic is entering a season of transformation and advocacy. From a complete makeover at the Roswell clinic to launching new education programs, PAC is expanding its [...]

It was in Atlanta, Georgia, where Fr. Scott Reilly, LC, in many ways, learned “how to be a priest.”

NORCROSS—Hundreds of the faithful filled Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church on Sept. 7 to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the canonization of St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

ATLANTA—On the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, calls upon all people of goodwill to recommit to building a culture of life [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God’s plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints–two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries.

DECATUR—St. Thomas More School is celebrating its 75th anniversary with sustainable campus wide renovations, including a new classroom building and the installation of solar panels.

DAWSONVILLE—During a morning Mass on July 29, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., admitted five seminarians to candidacy for holy orders at Christ the Redeemer Church. Bishop Joel M. [...]

ATLANTA—For more than two years, tents, tarps and other make-shift shelters filled the sidewalks on Martin Luther King Jr Drive alongside the Shrine of Immaculate Conception, one of the oldest [...]

NEW ORLEANS (OSV News)–In late 2005, just two months after Hurricane Katrina, the American Institute of Architects tabbed Boston-based urban planner David Dixon, to organize a national recovery [...]

The Louisiana native was a force in the cooperative movement and addressing Black land loss, before transitioning to chancery ministry in Atlanta.

ATLANTA—Patrick Blonski, 34, of Atlanta, knows a thing or two about the film-making industry.

ATLANTA—A deadly shooting took place the morning of Aug. 27 at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis shortly after the start of the school day during an all-school Mass at the adjacent [...]

(OSV News)–The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the [...]

ATLANTA—From a message that “Dread is not of God” to a “pilgrimage of hope,” several hundred Catholic sisters and guests gathered in downtown Atlanta for the annual assembly of the Leadership [...]

NORCROSS—Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving to mark the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati on Sunday, Sept. 7, [...]

Two months ago, the Marist priests of Our Lady of the Assumption in Brookhaven left the parish after 60 years of service there.

ATLANTA—Volunteers at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta gathered on July 22 to pack thousands of lunches for children in need through the MUST Ministries Summer Lunch Program.

LAWRENCEVILLE—Church leaders are choosing 25 communities for a program to reimagine how parishes can reach people in a culture where church is not central to daily life.

ATLANTA—The 2025-26 school year ushers in these new leaders at archdiocesan elementary and high schools.