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Bishop Konzen reflects on Pope Francis’ leadership
April 21, 2025“Starting with Pope Pius XII, I have enduring memories of the popes of my lifetime,” writes Bishop Joel Konzen. “But Pope Francis is the one who called me to the episcopacy and whom I’ve met one-on-one in Rome …”
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US cardinal announces pope’s death to the world
April 21, 2025U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope Francis had died April 21 at the age of 88.
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Statement of Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer on the death of Pope Francis
April 21, 2025Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., speaks about the death of Pope Francis.
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Archbishop Hartmayer’s Easter greetings
April 19, 2025“May our celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus transform us and renew us,” writes Archbishop Hartmayer in his Easter message to the faithful.
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Archbishop Hartmayer sends prayers to Greek Orthodox community for Solemn Feast of Pascha
April 19, 2025ATLANTA–In a letter to His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer offered prayers and fraternal greetings to the clergy and lay faithful of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta. “My dear brother in Christ, Sevastianos: Peace and All Good! Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! My fraternal greetings and prayers to you, to […]
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Renovations bring Basilica chapel to life
April 18, 2025Once tucked between the altar and the sacristy at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was a small room known by parishioners as the Bishop’s Chapel. After a recent renovation project, it offers a new adoration space for the community.
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Changing the world demands changing direction, pope writes for Way of Cross
April 18, 2025“Your way, Jesus, is the way of the Beatitudes. It does not crush, but cultivates, repairs and protects,” the pope wrote for the nighttime Way of the Cross ceremony on April 18 in Rome’s Colosseum.
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Read to Succeed, Spring Fling support refugee children in Clarkston
April 18, 2025Catholic Charities Atlanta partnered with President’s Circle and Holy Spirit Church Women’s Club to host a Read to Succeed event and Spring Fling. Children of refugee families living in Clarkston spent the afternoon choosing books, playing with friends and engaging in arts and crafts.
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‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison
April 17, 2025While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility, arriving at Rome’s Regina Coeli jail at about 3 p.m. April 17.
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Holy Spirit Preparatory wind symphony shines at Festival of Gold
April 16, 2025The Holy Spirit Preparatory School wind symphony performed in this year’s Festival of Gold at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The upper school students earned straight gold ratings from a panel of adjudicators with scores 95 and higher.