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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- October 26, 2025VATICAN CITY (CNS)–The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions is an opportunity to remind all Catholics that the duty to welcome and assist migrants is also part of each person’s obligation to share God’s love, Pope Leo XIV said.
- October 24, 2025(OSV News)–In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope Francis for Christians to see in the poor the very face of Christ–and to be a church that “walks poor with the poor” in order to authentically live out the Gospel.
- October 22, 2025(OSV News)–Scenes of joy, relief and tearful welcomes flooded media across the world Oct. 13 as the remaining Israeli hostages were freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.
- October 20, 2025ATLANTA—The St. Thomas More Society’s annual Red Mass, celebrated Oct. 9 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, signifies the beginning of a judicial calendar year
