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Please pray for the repose of the soul of Deacon Stephen Bek, who passed away the evening of Wednesday, May 3, 2017. A Vigil Prayer Service will be held on Sunday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m. at St. [...]

In 1977, Monsignor John Walsh left his homeland in west Ireland and headed for Georgia. After long stays at parishes in Stone Mountain, Conyers and Peachtree City, he has settled in as pastor of [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Recent popes have had a special affection for Our Lady of Fatima, but no pope’s connection can match that of St. John Paul II.

Watch Pope Francis gave a TED Talk from The Vatican about the importance of community and caring for one another.

DECATUR—Religion and science have intertwined in Father Jean Ikanga’s life and it began with a fearful mother. The woman in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo desperately wanted help for [...]

SMYRNA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory blessed an icon of Father Augustus Tolton, a priest who served in the archbishop’s hometown of Chicago, April 5 at the Chancery of the Archdiocese.

FOREST PARK—The Knights of St. Thomas the Apostle Council 12386, Smyrna, formally presented two new ultrasound machines Feb. 2 to the Pregnancy Aid Clinic for their Roswell and Forest Park facilities.

Archbishop Gregory shares his Easter message in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

ATLANTA—St. John Chrysostom Melkite Catholic Church in Atlanta will be observing Holy Week and Easter with special services every day. The church is located at 1428 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE, in Atlanta.

WASHINGTON (CNS)—In Spanish, the word “encuentro” means encounter and in the modern church in the U.S., it refers to a series of meetings that will take place over the next four years aimed at [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Young men and women can live a true experience of the church by joining together and reconnecting with the past, Pope Francis told Catholic young people. “The genuine [...]

LILBURN—On Feb. 11, St. John Neumann Regional School in Lilburn celebrated its 30-year anniversary with a “Cheers to 30 Years” gala. Alumni, faculty, staff, parents of current and past students [...]

MARIETTA—Faith and the support of the St. Joseph Church community are sustaining Deacon Norm Keller and his wife, Barbara, after a private plane crashed into their front yard, exploding in flames [...]

ROSWELL—Young journalists at Queen of Angels School took on food deserts and Catholic social teaching in creating a recently released video.

Archbishop Gregory talks about St. Joseph and the impact of fathers in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

World Down Syndrome Day is March 21st. Spread the love by using #wdsd17. Updates and more information are available on the Disabilities Ministry Facebook page.

Check out a list of Lenten missions throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta from The Georgia Bulletin.

ATLANTA—After leading the Holy Spirit Preparatory School basketball team to the elite eight of the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) state tournament in his first season in 2016, [...]

Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta and Gregory J. Hartmayer, Bishop of Savannah have granted a dispensation to all Catholics in Georgia from the Discipline of Abstinence for St. [...]

Archbishop Gregory encourages us to raise our voices against hatred in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”