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Father Linus DeSantis remembered as faith builder, spiritual father for young adults
December 10, 2015ATLANTA—Peace and all good things. That was the way Father Linus DeSantis, OFM Conv., signed his letters and emails. It was also the way he lived his life. The beloved priest died Dec. 1 after a massive heart attack in Syracuse, New York, where he was serving as the campus minister of the Alibrandi Catholic […]
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Knights offer white crosses to show support for Mideast Christians
December 10, 2015ALPHARETTA—Moved by the plight of Christians in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus at St. Thomas Aquinas Church are raising awareness in this northern suburb of Atlanta of the ongoing persecution of believers in Iraq and Syria. Pope Francis has recently said shedding of blood because of a shared Christian faith is uniting Catholics […]
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Holy Spirit Prep School teacher earns physics’ doctorate
December 10, 2015ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Upper School physics teacher Bianca Hall successfully defended her dissertation and earned her doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Central Florida. Now Dr. Hall, she studied for the degree over nearly five years, progressing through two years of classwork, picking up her master’s degree, and dedicating two and a half additional […]
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Marietta parish, Knights, provide Thanksgiving for 181 families
December 10, 2015MARIETTA—The St. Joseph Church St. Vincent de Paul Society and Knights of Columbus Council 4599 distributed 181 Thanksgiving food baskets, which included thousands of pounds of food, to local Cobb County families in need Thanksgiving week. This is an annual event for the outreach ministries of St. Joseph Church. Through generous contributions from the church […]
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School choice for all is human right, Atlanta archbishop tells U.N. body
November 30, 2015GENEVA (CNS)—Amendments to the constitutions of some U.S. states are preventing children from low- and middle-income minority families from better educational opportunities than what may be available in public schools, amounting to discrimination, the archbishop of Atlanta told a U.N. committee meeting in Geneva. In remarks to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, […]
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Statements on pornography, politics take center stage at USCCB meeting
November 26, 2015BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops approved a formal statement on pornography and additions to their quadrennial statement on political responsibility at their Nov. 16-19 fall general meeting in Baltimore. The votes were made during the public portion of the meeting, which ran Nov. 16-17. The bishops met in executive session Nov. 18-19. ‘Faithful Citizenship’ document updated […]
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Visit to native Cuba, meeting Pope Francis there was ‘trip of a lifetime’
November 26, 2015CONYERS—The opportunity to return to Cuba in September to reunite with family and meet Pope Francis was a pilgrimage nearly 50 years in the making for Maria Morera Johnson. A parishioner of St. Pius X Church in Conyers, Johnson traveled to her native Cuba with her mother, Begoña Morera, and her aunts. “It was a […]
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Bishop celebrates Mass to pray for end to death penalty
November 26, 2015ATLANTA—On the Nov. 12 feast day of St. Josaphat, the faithful gathered at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to pray for abolition of the death penalty in Georgia. Bishop David P. Talley celebrated the special Mass upon his return from the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Bishop Talley had celebrated […]
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Orthodox-Catholic Gathering to focus on prayers for Middle East Christians
November 26, 2015ATLANTA—The Orthodox-Catholic Ecumenical Gathering, to be held Monday, Dec. 7, will have a focus of prayers for Christians persecuted in the Middle East. The service begins at 7 p.m. at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 2500 Clairmont Road, NE, Atlanta. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of the Greek Orthodox […]
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Masses to be celebrated for World AIDS Day
November 26, 2015ATLANTA—Each year at the beginning of December, the Archdiocese of Atlanta joins the world in marking World AIDS Day. The archdiocese holds an annual Mass as a chance for people to gather as a community, remembering and praying for those who died due to HIV/AIDS and those currently living with HIV/AIDS; their families, friends and […]