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NORCROSS—Throughout Scripture, Jesus pulled his disciples aside to teach them directly. From the explanation of the parables to Peter’s confession of faith, our Lord taught the teachers so that [...]

NORCROSS—Throughout Scripture, Jesus pulled his disciples aside to teach them directly. From the explanation of the parables to Peter’s confession of faith, our Lord taught the teachers so that [...]

LISBON, Portugal (OSV News)–Joyful, singing crowds were walking through Lisbon long after the opening Mass of World Youth Day 2023 was over Aug. 1.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The Gospel calls Christians to bring the elderly to the center of their lives and away from the margins of families, politics and financial markets that banish them as [...]

DULUTH—Hundreds of young believers filled Gas South Convention Center for a weekend of spiritual renewal and high-energy worship.

CHAMBLEE—Tracye Neal, a 53-year-old mother, spent two years living in extended-stay motels, struggling to find an apartment while juggling work.

ATLANTA—For Belinda Held, sharing her love of travel with others is a vocation.

WASHINGTON (OSV News)–U.S. House lawmakers called the global status of religious liberty “dire” during a hearing July 18, citing concerns across the globe from China to Nicaragua.

ATLANTA—Father Benedict Abugu, OFM Conv., from Holy Cross Church, will speak at the next Magnificat meal for women to be held on Saturday morning, Aug. 19. Father Abugu is from southeastern [...]

ATLANTA—On Sunday, June 11, St. Paul of the Cross Church hosted one of many eucharistic processions the weekend of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ for the parish year of the [...]

El calendario litúrgico de los meses de verano incluye las fiestas de muchos mártires, aquellos que murieron por su fe. Por ejemplo, el 22 de junio, honramos a Santo Tomás Moro y San Juan Fisher, [...]

ATLANTA—At more than 16 parishes and schools across the Archdiocese of Atlanta, students from Catholic and public schools are teaming up on soccer fields and basketball courts while their parents [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals, including U.S.-born Archbishop Robert F. Prevost, who took the helm at the Dicastery for Bishops in April, and French Archbishop Christophe [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Christians are called to be modern-day prophets who guide others to see the Holy Spirit at work in everyday life and not to be superstitious people who try to predict or [...]

ATLANTA—As a church bell gonged 6 p.m., Brother Praveen Turaka set off around the block in downtown Atlanta to invite people to dinner.

ATLANTA–Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., expressed condolences upon hearing of the death of Dr. Christine King Farris, the last surviving sibling of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

WASHINGTON (OSV News)–Sheila and David Porter left their home in Newport News, Virginia, at 5 a.m. to celebrate the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe v. [...]

ATLANTA—Sitting before a replica of Michelangelo’s Pietà—the sculpture of Mary holding her crucified son—the bishops of the Atlanta Province signed a joint agreement June 27 urging “decisive [...]

ATLANTA—Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., offered the following statement in support of local Jewish communities June 26 following incidences of hate that occurred in Cobb County and in [...]

ROME (CNS)–Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after a nine-day hospital stay and intends to go ahead with his planned trips abroad in August and September, according to his chief surgeon.