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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Ash Wednesday, as with many other things right now, will have a different look at many Catholic parishes across the United States this year.

ATLANTA—In the midst of an unrelenting pandemic, with more than 440,000 killed by the coronavirus and economic uncertainty, it turns out a brief book telling of a Jewish girl’s courage.

ATLANTA—About 40 people gathered virtually for a town hall on hunger and justice the evening of Jan. 26. The event was sponsored by Justice and Peace Ministries of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

ATLANTA—Hal Plummer, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, announced Jan. 22 that Our Lady of Victory School in Tyrone and Our Lady of Mercy High School in [...]

On Feb. 6, seven men will present themselves to me in the Cathedral of Christ the King, and I will be honored to ordain them to the Order of Deacon.

ATLANTA—Nearly 12 years have gone by since I photographed Gina Parnaby with her daughter Elizabeth.

Many hope that the pandemic will soon end. We may look back on this historical period as a time of unhappy memory.

ATLANTA—Hanging a calendar in your home can help bring the faith to an American family near you.

ATLANTA–The Archdiocese of Atlanta observed the annual Mass for the Unborn Friday, Jan. 22, on the 48th anniversary of legalized abortion.

ATLANTA–A virtual conference on the human aspect of immigration in light of Catholic social teaching will be Thursday, Jan. 28 from 2-4 p.m. The guest speaker will be Sister Norma Pimentel, MJ, [...]

ATLANTA—Organizers of the “Angels Unawares” sculpture display at Holy Spirit Preparatory School in Atlanta are hoping Catholics will invite members of the community at large to see the monument [...]

ATLANTA—In a Jan. 14 memo to pastors in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., outlined liturgical adjustments to the traditional Blessing of Throats and to the [...]

WASHINGTON (CNS)–If all goes well Jan. 29, Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Defense and Education Fund, and other pro-life advocates, including clergy, maybe some politicians and a [...]

My prayers are with our new President and his family today.

WASHINGTON – The organizers for the annual March for Life announced that the 2021 rally would take place in a virtual format.

WASHINGTON—Catholics nationwide are preparing to pray 9 Days for Life, the annual pro-life novena beginning this year on January 21.

WASHINGTON – On January 16, the United States celebrates Religious Freedom Day. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for [...]

ATLANTA—Father Brian Sheridan has a Ziggy cartoon tacked up on his office door at St. Thomas the Apostle in Smyrna.

SMYRNA–My favorite photograph didn’t make the print edition of The Georgia Bulletin. It went straight to the Georgia Bulletin’s website.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Recognizing “the gifts of each baptized person”–women and men–Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as [...]