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Pope to U.S. bishops: Abuse crisis requires conversion, humility
January 3, 2019VATICAN CITY—The clerical abuse crisis and the “crisis of credibility” it created for the U.S. bishops have led to serious divisions within the U.S. church and to a temptation to look for administrative solutions to problems that go much deeper, Pope Francis told the U.S. bishops. Without a clear and decisive focus on spiritual conversion […]
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Vatican publication looks at ways to raise profile of women in the church
January 3, 2019VATICAN CITY—Too often in the Catholic Church, “the sacrifices of women are used only to reinforce the power of those who already have it,” wrote the editor of the Vatican newspaper’s monthly section on women in the church. In the “Woman-Church-World” supplement to L’Osservatore Romano published Jan. 2, editor Lucetta Scaraffia wrote, “A revolution is […]
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Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at 88
December 27, 2018WASHINGTON (CNS)–Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88. She has been widely described as both an unlikely art critic and television star, but that may have been what made her all the more likeable. Discussing […]
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Christmas Eve marks 200th anniversary of beloved carol ‘Silent Night’
December 24, 2018WASHINGTON (CNS)—Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve—Dec. 24, 1818—in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that eventually would be hailed as one of the most popular and beloved Christmas carols of all time. “Silent Night” was sung for the first […]
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Hawthorne Dominican Sister Mary Walter Ziajor dies
December 22, 2018ATLANTA–Sister Mary Walter Ziajor, OP (Anna Rose Ziajor) died on Dec. 16 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in Atlanta. She was born Dec. 1, 1929 in North Dighton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Jacob and Helen (Zrebiec) Ziajor. She is pre-deceased by her parents, two brothers and five sisters. She is survived […] Full Story
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‘Everything changes’ with Christ’s birth, pope says
December 22, 2018VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Annunciation—the Angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will bear God’s son—was such a tremendous, history-changing event that preaching about it is extremely difficult, Pope Francis said. So, when the Gospel reading for daily Mass Dec. 20 was St. Luke’s version of the Annunciation, the pope basically devoted his homily to reading […]
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Blessing of crucifix at Archdiocese of Atlanta
December 21, 2018A new life-size crucifix is the centerpiece of a new place for prayer at the Atlanta Archdiocese headquarters. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory Tuesday, Dec. 18, blessed the bronze and copper cross where Jesus’ body hangs. Artist Timothy Schmalz relied on models of African-American men to depict Jesus. The artist explains why it was important to […]
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Deacon Hilliard Lee remembered with special cross
December 20, 2018ATLANTA—On Dec. 1 a new cross was dedicated and blessed as a memorial to the late Deacon Hilliard Lee at the St. Stephen Center for Diaconal Study, which is next door to St. Paul of the Cross Church, Atlanta. The brief service followed the 8 a.m. Mass at the church, where Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory […]
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Queen of Angels’ parish tree brightens the season
December 20, 2018THOMSON—The largest Christmas tree in Thomson, and what may be the largest Christmas tree in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, is displayed at Queen of Angels Church. The Southern cedar tree is 46 feet tall and has some 408 Christmas lights on it. The parish Catholic Council of Women and the Knights of Columbus, Council 6918, […]
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Cristo Rey boys’ team gives valiant effort against Holy Spirit Preparatory
December 20, 2018ATLANTA—Facing a team with a roster that includes at least 10 players six feet, two inches and above, an outsized and less skilled Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School team earned the respect of their opponents from Holy Spirit Preparatory School by their tenacity and effort. It was a crushing defeat for Cristo Rey at […]