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ATLANTA–Seven couples from the Archdiocese of Atlanta gathered outside St. Peter’s Basilica, getting ready to hear Pope Francis speak.

FOREST PARK—Rain didn’t deter the faithful who made a nearly mile-and-a-half pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

LILBURN—When her daughters were born, Elizabeth Reid knew she wanted them to attend Catholic school.

ATLANTA—Several churches in the Archdiocese of Atlanta have commissioned original works of art depicting the Georgia Martyrs—five Franciscans who died on Georgia’s coast in the late 16th century.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Adam Piekarski, a homeless man from Lódz, Poland, never imagined that the sketches he would draw in his free time while waiting for the public showers near Bernini’s Colonnade [...]

ATLANTA–On Monday, Dec. 13, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, offered a message in support of the tornado victims in Kentucky and its neighboring states:

I was ordained a deacon in May of 1978. Just three months later, Pope Paul VI died after 15 years as pope.

ATLANTA—Catholics in north and central Georgia are invited to “sing to the Lord” as members of the Eucharistic Congress choir.

ATLANTA– Aspiring and active writers are invited to contribute to a new initiative of The Georgia Bulletin.

St. Anna Church, a rural parish in Walton County, held an appreciation weekend for its clergy after Masses Nov. 6-7.

BALTIMORE (CNS)–The U.S. bishops approved their statement on the Eucharist with 222 “yes” votes Nov. 17, the second of two days of public sessions during their Nov. 15-18 fall general assembly.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (CNS)–The Catholic Church is a mosaic of different rites and cultures and must show the world the beauty of welcoming all people as brothers and sisters, Pope Francis told the [...]

WASHINGTON (CNS)–In the Supreme Court’s first major abortion case in decades–which looked at Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy–the majority of justices Dec. 1 seemed [...]

ATLANTA—In the large artwork, faces of every shape and color stare in adoration at the sun-like Eucharist.

ATLANTA—Many working hands around the Archdiocese of Atlanta share with others around the Thanksgiving holiday, from loading stuffed food boxes in trunks of cars with the makings of a home-cooked [...]

ATLANTA—A life-size marble casting of Michelangelo’s ‘Pietà’ is on display at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta.

ATLANTA—Before the Thanksgiving leftovers are put away, retail stores, commercials and advertisements hurry us into the Christmas season.

On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, wearied by a bloody Civil War that threatened to destroy the Union and the very future of the American Dream, proclaimed a day of National Thanksgiving.

FLOWERY BRANCH—Sister Susan Arcaro has spent nearly three decades in the Archdiocese of Atlanta helping others get to the core of faith by seeing how God stirs their souls.

DAWSONVILLE—Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv, consecrated a new church building for Christ the Redeemer Church in Dawsonville on the Feast of All Saints, Nov. 1.