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The Chancery was filled with Christmas spirit today with a visit from Santa Claus!   Check out Archbishop Gregory with Santa!

RICE BOWL 2016 Parish Grants was a new initiative from the Catholic Relief Services Capacity Building Ministry at the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The purpose of the RICE BOWL 2016 Parish Grant is to [...]

WASHINGTON (CNS)—It began with the fatal shootings of unarmed black men and women by police. It was exacerbated in the summer when, on July 7, a gunman in Dallas opened fire on police during a [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis described Mary as a strong woman who inspires believers to give “flesh to the Gospel” in societies often marked by [...]

ATLANTA—Catholic Relief Services will have two Helping Hands meal-packing events in parishes of the archdiocese this holiday season and will also launch its Lenten Rice Bowl program. Lent begins [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Following Christ the King, whose regal power is love and mercy, means the whole church and each Christian must “follow his way of tangible love,” Pope Francis said.

Archbishop Wilton Gregory talks about what awaits us at the end of Advent in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

Many diseases frighten us — as well they should. Over the years, we have learned important details about some of our most virulent illnesses — their causes and their cures — yet [...]

TRENTON—In the valley west of Lookout Mountain, the members of St. Katharine Drexel Mission in Trenton celebrated a decade as a faith community Oct. 30.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. John DeVore M.S.F.S., who passed away Tuesday, November 22nd. The Vigil Service will be held on Thursday, December 1st at 7:00 p.m. at St. Lawrence [...]

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Richard A. Kieran, who passed away on Monday, November 21st. The Vigil Service will be held this Sunday, November 27th, at 7:00 p.m. at Immaculate [...]

STONE MOUNTAIN—Members of Corpus Christi Church in Stone Mountain are giving thanks for recently completed renovations that are both energy saving and enhancing.

Any person who assumes the lofty responsibilities of government leadership needs and deserves our prayers and our support. To all of our newly elected public officials, I sincerely offer both.

BALTIMORE (CNS) — Earlier this year, as communities faced tensions, protests and violence, following a spate of shootings and killings of black men by police, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of [...]

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Edward O’Connor, who passed away Monday morning, November 7th. The Vigil Service (Wake), led by Bishop Luis Zarama, will be held Thursday, [...]

ATLANTA—The first September game of the 2016 football season took on a whole new significance for Catholic schools Blessed Trinity, Roswell, and Marist, Atlanta, as they kicked off in Dublin, Ireland.

Join our Nine-Day Prayer Journey starting on Election Day – The International Day of Tolerance (Nov. 16). Our intention is to provide a prayerful exercise that will foster healing and [...]

ATLANTA—Times of prayer and fellowship marked the departure of Bishop David P. Talley as he set off from the archdiocese to his new role as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana.

ATLANTA—Thirty parish preschool directors boarded school buses for a Jubilee Year of Mercy pilgrimage through three of the Holy Doors of the archdiocese Oct. 6.

Archbishop Gregory thanks his brother priests for all they do to serve God’s people in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”