The Archdiocese of Atlanta was elevated on February 21, 1962, from the Diocese of Atlanta which was established on July 2, 1956. The archdiocese encompasses 21,445 square miles and comprises 69 counties in north and central Georgia.
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- December 7, 2025VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Visiting two countries over six days on his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV preached unity, dialogue and respect for differences as the only paths to peace.
- December 5, 2025When I am at a parish for the Mass of confirmation, I sometimes ask those to be confirmed if they know why we Catholics keep Sunday as our Sabbath. Being somewhat well-versed in the Book of Genesis, they first want to say that it is because God rested on the seventh day. I usually have to work a bit to get the next and better answer, that it is the day of our Lord’s Resurrection, hence every Sunday is a celebration and reliving of the triumph of his return from the dead.
- December 3, 2025The Bishops of the Atlanta Province released a pastoral statement Dec. 2 on the vision of Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation.
- December 1, 2025ISTANBUL (CNS)–With their different rites, cultures, languages and races, Catholics find a unity around the altar that “is a gift from God. As such, it is strong and invincible, because it is the work of his grace,” Pope Leo XIV said.
