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WASHINGTON — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, provided a statement on the decision issued today by the Supreme Court of [...]

ATLANTA–On Thursday, June 11, more than 400 Catholics filled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in front of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta to protest racism and racial injustice.

ATHENS—Kevin Ronczkowski showed up at the freshman BBQ at the UGA Catholic Center during his early days on campus.

ATLANTA—While attending college in Alabama, Maria Oswalt focused on opposing abortion rights.

ATLANTA—An Arizona educator with more than four decades of experience has been selected as the next superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

For the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this year, I went to see “Just Mercy,” a story about Bryan Stevenson, founder of Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit organization that provides legal [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Observing with great concern the social unrest unfolding in the United States, Pope Francis said no one can claim to defend the sanctity of every human life while turning a [...]

ATLANTA—A school president and three principals are saying goodbye to students, faculty and staff as they close their final administration years in Atlanta Catholic schools.

SMYRNA–Father Brian Sheridan, a La Salette priest and pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna, learned he tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 26.

ATLANTA—“Shadow pandemics” are stalking vulnerable communities around the world in addition to the novel coronavirus, said Sean Callahan, president of Catholic Relief Services.

ATLANTA–Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta, issued the following statement May 29 in the wake of several incidents of racial violence and protests which followed:

Laudato Si’. These words are taken from the beautiful Canticle of Creation by St. Francis of Assisi.

ATLANTA—This summer, Dr. Diane Starkovich will retire after 14 years serving as superintendent for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

ATLANTA—“God is always at work to orient the person toward the discovery of a higher dimension of living—of a more useful self-giving and service to our brothers and sisters.”

SMYRNA—Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., conveys the following priest assignments, effective July 1.

ATLANTA—As restaurants started to close their doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people lost income, compromising their ability to feed themselves and their families.

ATLANTA–Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has announced a schedule and conditions for the resumption of in-parish worship and access to church buildings in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

ATLANTA—In the weeks between his March appointment as Archbishop of Atlanta and the official installation on May 6, Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., shared warm words for the people of [...]

ATLANTA–The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) announced that two Atlanta Catholics are among the 27 recipients of the NCEA 2020 “Lead, Learn, Proclaim Award.”

ATLANTA–In the silence of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., was installed May 6 as leader of the 1.2 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, [...]