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The role of sports in the struggle
January 24, 2019It hardly seems possible, but he would have turned 90 this year and long since have entered the rarified status of a senior wisdom figure. He died a young man at 39, but by then had already accorded a leadership status that few of any age will ever realize. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has […]
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Birthright celebrates five decades of quiet pro-life service
January 24, 2019ATLANTA—Birthright of Atlanta pregnancy center director Lisa Olwine recently took a call from a pregnant woman who was about to get evicted from her home and sought an abortion. “She was thinking if I’m going to be homeless I don’t want to be homeless and pregnant and she was wanting an abortion,” Olwine recalled. “I […]
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Pinecrest Academy fencers lunge toward the competition with precision
January 23, 2019CUMMING—It’s a week after Thanksgiving, two days before the fifth fencing tournament of the season, and members of the Pinecrest Academy fencing team are practicing in the fitness classroom at the Old Atlanta Recreation Center in Suwanee. The recreation center, which is four miles east of the school, is the practice site for the fencing […] Full Story
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Scholarship available for National Catholic Youth Choir Camp
January 23, 2019COLLEGEVILLE, Minn.—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta has offered a $250 scholarship toward registration for the National Catholic Youth Choir Camp/Tour July 6-14. The National Catholic Youth Choir (NCYC) is entering its 20th year of celebrating faith, fun and beautiful music in the lives of young choristers from across the nation. NCYC is a nine-day […] Full Story
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St. Catherine of Siena Church to host Faith and Love Conference
January 23, 2019KENNESAW—The Faith and Love Conference, set for Saturday, March 30 at St. Catherine of Siena Church, will help Catholics understand the church’s teaching on marriage and human sexuality. The conference runs from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., and will be preceded by Mass at 8:30 a.m. The church is located at 1618 Ben King Road, Kennesaw. Speakers […]
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Catholics remember MLK’s desire to see God’s message lived
January 21, 2019ATLANTA–The Atlanta Catholic community remembered the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a joyful Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Jan. 19, displaying the diversity of believers. The gospel music of the St. Anthony of Padua Church Choir. The lilting sounds of praise from the women of the Cameroonian community […]
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Vatican releases guidelines to help church fight human trafficking
January 17, 2019VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Vatican has created a set of pastoral guidelines to inspire and improve the church’s work in addressing the crime of human trafficking and the care of its victims worldwide. The Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development released its “Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking” Jan. 17 at […]
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Government shutdown won’t deter crowds from marching for life in Washington
January 16, 2019WASHINGTON (CNS)—Neither snow nor sleet—nor partial government shutdown—will keep pro-lifers away from the nation’s capital for the March for Life Jan. 18. If it continues, the shutdown will be almost a month old by then. Daily news reports show the closures of monuments, memorials and the Smithsonian museums in Washington and trash cans overflowing on […]
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Annual poll shows 75 percent of adults want restrictions on abortion
January 16, 2019WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just in time for the annual March for Life, an annual poll of Americans’ views on abortion shows that 75 percent want “substantial” restrictions on abortion access even as more than half of respondents describe themselves as “pro-choice.” Conducted by the Marist Poll at Marist College, the survey of 1,066 adults Jan. […]
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Abuse report’s claim of cover-up, mishandling of cases called ‘misleading’
January 15, 2019Peter Steinfels, a former editor of Commonweal, former religion writer for The New York Times and professor emeritus at Fordham University in New York, reviewed the report of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report alleging widespread abuse of hundreds of priests and a coverup by bishops in six dioceses. He found fault with the report and […]