VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God’s plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints–two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries.

DECATUR—St. Thomas More School is celebrating its 75th anniversary with sustainable campus wide renovations, including a new classroom building and the installation of solar panels.

DAWSONVILLE—During a morning Mass on July 29, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., admitted five seminarians to candidacy for holy orders at Christ the Redeemer Church. Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, Bishop Bernard E. Shelsinger III and Bishop John Tran concelebrated.

ATLANTA—For more than two years, tents, tarps and other make-shift shelters filled the sidewalks on Martin Luther King Jr Drive alongside the Shrine of Immaculate Conception, one of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

NEW ORLEANS (OSV News)–In late 2005, just two months after Hurricane Katrina, the American Institute of Architects tabbed Boston-based urban planner David Dixon, to organize a national recovery conference with the goal of providing a roadmap.

The Louisiana native was a force in the cooperative movement and addressing Black land loss, before transitioning to chancery ministry in Atlanta.

ATLANTA—Patrick Blonski, 34, of Atlanta, knows a thing or two about the film-making industry.

ATLANTA—A deadly shooting took place the morning of Aug. 27 at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis shortly after the start of the school day during an all-school Mass at the adjacent Annunciation Catholic Church.

(OSV News)–The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war continues to grind on.

ATLANTA—From a message that “Dread is not of God” to a “pilgrimage of hope,” several hundred Catholic sisters and guests gathered in downtown Atlanta for the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR).

NORCROSS—Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving to mark the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati on Sunday, Sept. 7, at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, Norcross.

Two months ago, the Marist priests of Our Lady of the Assumption in Brookhaven left the parish after 60 years of service there.

ATLANTA—Volunteers at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta gathered on July 22 to pack thousands of lunches for children in need through the MUST Ministries Summer Lunch Program.

LAWRENCEVILLE—Church leaders are choosing 25 communities for a program to reimagine how parishes can reach people in a culture where church is not central to daily life.

ATLANTA—The 2025-26 school year ushers in these new leaders at archdiocesan elementary and high schools.

ATLANTA—For decades, Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) has helped thousands of refugees rebuild their lives in Georgia.

Every year on the fourth Sunday of July, the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly to highlight the important role they play in their own families and society.

ATLANTA—Nearly 100 deacons, their wives and Catholic leaders across the country gathered in Atlanta for the National Conference for Hispanic Deacons (Asociación Nacional de Diáconos Hispanos, ANDH), on July 24.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–While enjoying a summer break from school or work, Catholics should not neglect “the Lord’s invitation to prepare our hearts by actively participating in the Eucharistic sacrifice and by doing generous acts of charity,” Pope Leo XIV said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Let the Jubilee of Youth be more than an event for making memories and sharing pictures; be sure to encounter Christ and share the Good News, Pope Leo XIV told a group of young people.