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Why do families make the commitment to send their children to a Catholic school? What makes our Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta so attractive to many families? Is it worth [...]

ATLANTA—The theme of the 2017 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, to be officially launched in parishes and missions during commitment weekend Feb. 18-19, is “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself.”

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Ronald P. Herzog of Alexandria, Louisiana. Coadjutor Bishop David P. Talley of Alexandria succeeds him.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (CNS)—Saying “justice needs to be tamed by mercy,” Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine, Florida, and two brother bishops called Jan. 31 for the state of Georgia to drop the [...]

ATLANTA, GA (January 31, 2016) – Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) is deeply concerned about the recent “Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the US” signed [...]

Archbishop Gregory talks about the impact of Christian unity and ecumenical efforts in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

Three Catholic bishops from Florida and Georgia will hold an 11 a.m. joint news conference on Tuesday, January 31, at the Richmond County Courthouse in Augusta. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of [...]

QUINCY, Ill. (CNS)—On the morning of Dec. 10 in a cemetery in Quincy, Father Augustus Tolton’s cause for canonization took one step further as his remains were exhumed and verified. Father [...]

In July, following the shooting deaths of black men by law enforcement and multiple killings of police officers, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instituted a Special Task Force for Peace [...]

WASHINGTON (CNS)—New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said the Scripture passage he chose to read at the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald J. Trump as president—Wisdom chapter 9 in which King Solomon [...]

ATLANTA—More than 750 Pinecrest Academy students and their families, along with faculty and staff at the Catholic school, served on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at the Feed My Starving Children [...]

Archbishop Gregory discusses the truth of the Christmas mystery in his column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

MARIETTA—Olga Woltering, a bedrock member of her parish and the Atlanta Cursillo movement and beloved to her family and many friends, was among five people killed in the shooting at Fort [...]

ATLANTA—The St. Pius X High School girls basketball team never relinquished a lead they held over Marist School from the end of the first period to the conclusion of their Dec. 6 game at the Pius [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Whether the new year will be good or not depends on us choosing to do good each day, Pope Francis said. “That is how one builds peace, saying ‘no’  to hatred and violence—with [...]

ROME (CNS)—In two long interviews with Jesuit publications, director Martin Scorsese described his new film “Silence” as a major stage in his pilgrimage of faith, a pilgrimage that included [...]

PEACHTREE CITY—The support of volunteers from Holy Trinity Church in Peachtree City has helped a multi-generational family of refugees thrive since arriving from Myanmar in April. Parishioner [...]

ALPHARETTA—Kathy Hoffman, parishioner of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta, uses her experiences as a theology teacher to help others better understand the faith of neighbors in the Jewish [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Make time to get ready for what Christmas really is about—the child born in Bethlehem signaling that “God is with us,” Pope Francis said. “This week let’s make sure we try to [...]

NEWNAN—Immaculee Ilibagiza, Rwandan genocide survivor, shared her story of faith the weekend of Oct. 28-29 at St. George Church in Newnan. More than 150 people from across the archdiocese [...]