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Governments, agencies scramble to curb explosion in U.S. opiate use
April 15, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—“Religion is the opiate of the masses,” German philosopher Karl Marx is famously credited with writing in the 19th century. If it ever was true, it’s not anymore. In the United States today, opiates themselves are the opiates of the masses. It used to be that heroin was the opiate for society to reckon […]
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First thoughts on ‘Amoris Laetitia’
April 15, 2016On a spring day about five years ago, when I was rector of Mundelein Seminary, Francis Cardinal George spoke to the assembled student body. He congratulated those proudly orthodox seminarians for their devotion to the dogmatic and moral truths proposed by the Church, but he also offered some pointed pastoral advice. He said that it […]
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UGA scientists, Catholics let pope know they got the ‘Laudato Si’’ message
April 14, 2016ATHENS—As birds chirped in Rosella’s Garden at the Catholic Center of the University of Georgia April 5, scientists, students and members of the interfaith community gathered to celebrate a formal response to a special letter. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and recently retired UGA environmental scientist Susan Varlamoff led the celebration of the official Action Plan […]
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Teacher marries beau with second-graders in the front row
April 14, 2016ATLANTA—Beth Anne Ross and William Dempsey III were united in the sacrament of marriage Friday, April 1, at the morning Mass of St. Jude the Apostle School. Dempsey and Ross, longtime friends and running and hiking partners, became husband and wife at the first wedding in the school community’s history. A second-grade teacher at St. […]
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A little bit country: Pope looks at the nitty-gritty of family life
April 14, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis’ hymn to love and family life is more like a country song than a Disney tune. In “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis’ postsynodal apostolic exhortation on the family, there is passion and devotion, but also heartache and sweat. The “magic” he wrote about is not momentarily sparkly, but […]
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Joshua Bishop, executed March 31, was a ‘powerful witness for forgiveness’
April 14, 2016CONYERS—Joshua Bishop, who died by lethal injection March 31, was remembered by his faith community, friends and supporters at a funeral Mass celebrated April 12 at St. Pius X Church in Conyers by Father Tom Zahuta. Bishop, who became a Catholic in prison, regularly attended Mass and other faith gatherings. He met with visiting deacons […]
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Share truth of family with mercy, help those struggling, pope says
April 14, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis said in his highly anticipated postsynodal apostolic exhortation. The document, “‘Amoris Laetitia’ (The Joy of Love), on Love in the Family,” released April 8, […]
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Archbishop Gregory shares reaction to new apostolic exhortation
April 14, 2016ATLANTA—With the April 8 release of the document, “‘Amoris Laetitia’ (The Joy of Love), from Pope Francis, The Georgia Bulletin asked Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory a few questions about this latest document from the pontiff. He shared his thoughts in this Q&A for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Georgia Bulletin: What is an apostolic […]
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Preschool teacher of the year, ‘Ms. Jerry’ just loves her OLA kids
April 14, 2016ATLANTA—Jaroslava Patak, known as “Ms. Jerry” to her students at Our Lady of the Assumption Church preschool, is the 2016 Distinguished Teacher of the Year of the Georgia Preschool Association. Patak received the award at the association’s annual meeting Feb. 26 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. She has served on the OLA preschool […]
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Witness to executions, advocate for victims, Sister Prejean to speak May 9
April 14, 2016ALPHARETTA—Sister Helen Prejean, known for sparking national dialogue on the death penalty, will speak at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta on Monday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. Sister Helen was born on April 21, 1939, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and joined the Congregation of St. Joseph in 1957. She spent her first years teaching […]