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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Saints are people who recognized their need for God’s help, who took risks to discover God’s will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, Pope Francis said.

LAGRANGE—Louis Dekmar wants to “interrupt the past” to reconcile and repair relations between law enforcement and the African American community.

ATLANTA—Parishes and schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese host fall festival celebrations throughout the season.

ATLANTA—The annual Green Mass for those who work or volunteer in environmental protection and sustainability was held Oct. 4 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah said the people who portray him as an opponent of Pope Francis are being used by the devil to help divide the church.

WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has appointed the Rev. Msgr. Gerardo Colacicco and the Rev. Msgr. Edmund Whalen as Auxiliary Bishops-elect of New York.

ATLANTA—On Sept. 29, the Catholic Church recognized the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, an occasion to express concern for vulnerable people on the move and increase awareness about migration.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Refugee advocates are opposed to the decision announced by the Trump administration Sept. 26 that it plans to admit no more than 18,000 refugees in the next fiscal year.

ATLANTA—In the U.S., one in five people lives with a mental health condition. But many believe that the church could—and should—be a lifechanging resource for those who wish to begin a journey [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The international community must ramp up its efforts if it expects to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, Pope Francis said.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of the Assumption, and Queen of Angels Catholic Schools Win Blue Ribbon of Excellence Awards.

ATLANTA—Lucia Baez Luzondo hopes to lead Catholics and parishes to an appreciation of the gifts of other cultural families.

ATLANTA—This is the fifth year that Brian Matthews, a senior at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta, will run a fall pantry drive for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

ATLANTA—A quirky trick play in the second quarter called a “fumblerooski” helped seal the 1989 Marist War Eagles’ first state football championship.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS)—Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain who is currently pastor of St. Jude Church in Brooklyn, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly.

ATLANTA— College students and young adults in need of ministry support can reach out to Allen Austin, the new associate director of campus and young adult ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Pope Francis holds an Interreligious meeting with young people in Maputo and tells them they are “the joy of this land, the joy of our time”.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement Sept. 4.

ATLANTA—If you’ve ever attended a Eucharistic Congress, you may have seen women dressed all in white and men with swords standing guard during the morning procession.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A life marked by humility, faith and love determines whether Christians enter heaven, not who they know, Pope Francis said.