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Bring Mary’s gratitude and hope into the new year, Pope Francis says
January 1, 2024Believers and non-believers alike give thanks for all they have received in the last 12 months and express hopes for the coming year, but Christians are called to cultivate gratitude and hope following the example of Mary, Pope Francis said.
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Professor Victor A. Kramer: Teacher, mentor, scholar and friend to Atlanta Catholics
December 31, 2023In this short earthly life, if you are lucky, or fortunate, or blessed, you meet one or two people who change the course of your journey.
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Archbishop Hartmayer encourages priests to read full text of ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
December 31, 2023In a Dec. 19 memo to archdiocesan priests, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer OFM Conv., encouraged them all to read the full text of the declaration, “Fiducia Supplicans, on the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings,” issued by the Vatican’s Discastery for the Doctrine of the Faith the previous day.
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Vatican note on blessings opens door to those seeking God, official says
December 31, 2023The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s declaration on informally blessing same-sex couples or other non-married couples is a reminder that the Catholic Church and its pastors never close the door on people seeking God’s help, said a Vatican media commentary.
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Sustaining our priests with prayer
December 30, 2023For us Catholics, centered on the reality of Christ in the Eucharist, priests are much of the binding that holds our family of faith together. In a very direct and personal way, they oversee the life of faith that we Catholics participate in.
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Corpus Christi’s facilities manager retires after 46 years at parish
December 28, 2023A fixture of Corpus Christi Church, Facilities Technician Milton Hawkins will retire Dec. 31 after 46 years of service. He has long appreciated “how faithful the parishioners are, how humble they are and how true they are to their faith.”
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At Christmas, God shows love through ‘littleness,’ not power, pope says
December 24, 2023“Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world,” said Pope Francis Dec. 24 in his homily for Christmas Mass.
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Religious leaders join Archbishop Hartmayer to pray for peace
December 22, 2023Religious leaders from throughout the Atlanta region gathered in the sanctuary of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church for a Dec. 13 ecumenical and interfaith prayer service for peace.
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Three Atlanta churches part of plenary indulgence for Greccio Nativity anniversary
December 21, 2023On the 800th anniversary of the “Nativity scene of Greccio,” the Apostolic Penitentiary is granting a plenary indulgence to all the faithful who, between now and Feb. 2, visit a Nativity scene in a church entrusted to the Franciscan Friars anywhere in the world. Three Atlanta churches are granted the privilege.
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If I were the devil
December 20, 2023In 1965, Radio Legend Paul Harvey recorded a piece titled “If I Were the Devil.” It became his most famous recording. Here’s my version.