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After discussions with medical experts, health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and pastors and worship offices, we are putting these conditions in place to address [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–In cooperation with Italian emergency measures, the Vatican has closed St. Peter’s Square and Basilica to tourists starting March 10 through April 3.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Regular Massgoers in some parts of the country have been tracked using cellphone location data by at least one organization looking to turn out voters to support specific [...]

SMYRNA—After an 11-month absence of an archbishop, Pope Francis appointed a familiar face to be the spiritual leader of Catholics in north and central Georgia.

ATLANTA, Georgia – This morning, March 5, Pope Francis named Archbishop Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv., as seventh Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Bishop Hartmayer is currently the [...]

ATLANTA—Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, diocesan administrator for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III joined other bishops from the southeastern United States for ad [...]

ATLANTA—The Lenten season invites the faithful to pray, give alms and practice self-control through fasting.

ATLANTA—Ash Wednesday is Feb. 26, beginning the season of Lent. Here is a list of the many parish fish frys taking place on Fridays of Lent, excluding Good Friday on April 10.

ATLANTA—Sandwiched between business towers and hotels to the south and high-rises filled with new residents to the north.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that, like them, he is accused of not being courageous or not listening to the Holy Spirit when he says or does something someone [...]

MARIETTA—Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta marked Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26-Feb. 1, a national observance focusing on faith-building, academic and community contributions of the [...]

ROME (CNS)—Just as Christ spent his ministry healing and comforting the sick and the needy, bishops also must be a sign of charity in their dioceses, said Bishop Peter J. Jugis of Charlotte, [...]

FOREST PARK—As the faithful gathered at the Cathedral of Christ the King for the annual Mass for the Unborn, staff at the Pregnancy Aid Clinic prepared for a day of pregnancy tests, ultrasounds [...]

ATLANTA—“I’m Deacon Jim,” said Deacon James Grebe as he greeted well-wishers at the Cathedral of Christ the King.

ATLANTA—More than 300 Catholic middle and high school students filled Kenny Hall at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta for the first “Youth Rally 4 Life” Jan. 22.

ATLANTA—With more than 20 years of experience working in schools, Jenni Ellis understands the importance of keeping young people safe.

WASHINGTON (CNS)–As the sun rose on the nation’s capital Jan. 24, about 18,000 teens and young adults gathered in joyful praise and worship, celebrating the sanctity of all human life at the [...]

LAGRANGE—Is it ever too late to try to right a wrong? Do you apologize for something done generations ago?

ATLANTA—Sister M. Valentina Sheridan (Theresa), RSM, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 14 at Mercy Convent in Savannah. She was 88 years old.

ATLANTA–Father Walter Wilford Foley, a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta for more than 43 years, died Saturday, Jan. 11. He was 91 years old.