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Catholic ethic of life will be lecture topic at Emory Jan. 23
January 12, 2017ATLANTA—The Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University is hosting a program on “The Seamless Garment of Life: Exploring the Catholic Church’s Ethic From Birth to Death” on Monday, Jan. 23. Dr. Cory Labrecque will be the presenter of the 2017 lecture on the consistent ethic of life. The lecture was made possible by the […]
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Pinecrest community comes together to feed those in need
January 12, 2017ATLANTA—More than 750 Pinecrest Academy students and their families, along with faculty and staff at the Catholic school, served on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta. Feed My Starving Children is a Christian nonprofit organization committed to feeding children hungry in body and […]
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Attention Student Athletes
January 12, 2017National Signing Day for high school athletes is Wednesday, Feb. 1. Are you a high school senior who attends a parish in North Georgia’s Archdiocese of Atlanta? The Georgia Bulletin would like to acknowledge student athletes of the archdiocese who have signed or will sign National Letters of Intent to play a sport at a […]
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Gail Buffong will speak at Magnificat gathering on Jan. 28
January 12, 2017ATLANTA—Gail Buffong, director of religious education at St. Benedict the Moor Church in Columbus, will be the guest speaker at the Magnificat breakfast for women on Saturday, Jan. 28. All women are invited to come and to be refreshed in faith during this morning gathering at Holy Cross Church, Atlanta. Born in Trinidad, West Indies, […]
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Magi’s journey reflects longing for God, pope says on Epiphany
January 12, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Magi had the courage to set out on a journey in the hope of finding something new, unlike Herod who was full of himself and unwilling to change his ways, Pope Francis said. The Wise Men who set out from the East in search of Jesus personify all those who long for […]
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Open Door Catholic Worker community closes home, but leaders will still serve
January 12, 2017ATLANTA—On a December evening, residents and volunteers in Open Door Community’s dining room prayed aloud and ended with a verse of “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” They shared a dinner of yellow rice, turkey meatloaf, bite-sized macaroni and cheese balls and salad. Large black and white banners of the faces of executed death row […]
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Federal judge in Texas blocks HHS transgender regulation
January 12, 2017AUSTIN, Texas (CNS)—A federal judge in Texas Dec. 31 blocked a regulation by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring Catholic hospitals and health care providers to perform or provide gender transition services, saying it would place “substantial pressure” on the plaintiffs—a coalition of religious medical organizations who said the ruling was contrary to […] Full Story
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How will U.S. policy affect Middle East’s Christians in 2017?
January 12, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—A wide variety of issues, both domestic and foreign, have been raised during the presidential transition. One that hasn’t received much notice is the situation of the beleaguered Christian community in the Middle East. Given the interest in, and media coverage of, those other issues, it’s an open question as to just what the […]
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Scorsese’s complicated vision of fidelity to the faith illuminated in ‘Silence’
January 12, 2017NEW YORK (CNS)—Directed and co-written (with Jay Cocks) by Martin Scorsese, “Silence” (Paramount) is a dramatically powerful but theologically complex work best suited to viewers who come to the multiplex prepared to engage with serious issues. Those willing to make such an intellectual investment, however, will find themselves richly rewarded. In adapting Catholic author Shusaku […]
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An enduring economic revival
January 12, 2017Catholic News Service has posted a series of columns from leading archbishops on key issues facing the church and the new Trump administration. This guest column was written by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. In my Labor Day […]