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No room for benchwarmers, make history, pope tells youths at vigil
August 4, 2016KRAKOW, Poland (CNS)—Pope Francis told young people they are not called to be couch potatoes, living boring lives, but should leave their mark in history and not let others determine their future. Like a soccer match, life “only takes players on the first string and has no room for benchwarmers,” the pope told young people […]
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Tribunal offers sessions on ‘Marriage, Annulment and the RCIA’
August 4, 2016SMYRNA—A June 11 presentation by the Metropolitan Tribunal on “Marriage, Annulment and the RCIA” for RCIA parish directors, team members and adult confirmation teams drew a fantastic response and exceeded all expectations. One hundred people registered for the two-hour session using online registration. They represented 42 parishes and missions of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Eight […]
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Iconic Atlanta tavern blessed before reopening
August 4, 2016ATLANTA—Amid the massive dust-covered wooden bar and workers in hardhats and an uncooperative air conditioner, Manuel’s Tavern was blessed. Scores of people, including employees and longtime supporters, crowded into the Poncey-Highland neighborhood pub on July 25 with its floor still protected by paper. Brian Maloof, who now runs the tavern begun by his late father, […]
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Catholic, Jewish communities to sponsor event on tolerance
August 4, 2016ATLANTA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta, together with the American Jewish Committee Atlanta, will hold a special evening on Thursday, Sept. 8, entitled “Repairing the World: Our Responsibility for Tolerance.” The discussion will be held at The Temple in midtown Atlanta, 1589 Peachtree St., NE. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and a reception will begin at […]
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Pope names six women, six men to panel to study women deacons
August 4, 2016VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis has appointed six men and six women to a commission to study the issue of women deacons, particularly their ministry in the early church. In addition to the 12 members named Aug. 2, the pope tapped Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to […]
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Being and doing
August 4, 2016“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” Luke 10:41-42 It is an old, large stately building, and it stands on the corner of Bloomfield and Watsessing Avenues in Bloomfield, New Jersey. […]
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Dedicated teacher Bill Clarke reaches out to the senior community
August 4, 2016ATLANTA—Bill Clarke isn’t ashamed of the term “senior citizen.” He’s empowered by it. And he’s passionate about helping Catholic leaders realize the significant contributions he and his fellow seniors can make to the church if given the opportunity. The first time Clarke tried to retire, he was 55. After the third attempt, he realized he […]
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Interfaith prayer service to be held Aug. 29
August 4, 2016ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will join members of the Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as other Christian denominations, for an evening prayer service Aug. 29, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Marist School. Those gathered will remember in prayer the people who have been martyred for their faith. The discussion will focus on how […]
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Slain French priest was attack on ‘all of us,’ imam said
August 4, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—Father Jacques Hamel’s gruesome murder in northern France July 26—by men claiming allegiance to the Islamic State—prompted sorrow and outrage from Muslim leaders around the world. “This attack in a place of worship and on innocent worshippers in particular demonstrates that there are no boundaries to the depravity of these murderers,” wrote Imam Qari […]
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‘Catholics Come Home’ television series with a local flair to air on EWTN
August 4, 2016ATLANTA—The second season of the “Catholics Come Home” television series will premiere on Eternal Word Television Network on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 9 p.m. The episodes in this season, which will air every Sunday for the following 12 weeks, feature scenes filmed locally at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Woodstock, and St. Peter Chanel Church, […]