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Dublin archbishop: Church needs ‘reality check’ after marriage vote
May 28, 2015DUBLIN (CNS)—Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said the church needs a “reality check” after Irish voters overwhelmingly supported same-sex marriage. Ireland was the first country in the world to put same-sex marriage to a popular vote and the May 22 poll was backed by 62 percent of the population. Same-sex marriage is now a […]
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As first year ends, Cristo Rey students say, ‘They want us to succeed’
May 28, 2015Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School opened in August 2014 with its inaugural freshman class. The West Peachtree Street school offers a college prep curriculum for students from financially strapped families. What is unique is how it does this: one day a week, on a rotating schedule, students are at work in Atlanta businesses earning […]
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Blessed Romero ‘another brilliant star’ belonging to church of the Americas
May 28, 2015SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS)—Some thought this day would never arrive. Others hoped and some always knew it would. On May 23, the Catholic Church beatified Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez of El Salvador, who was assassinated in 1980 while celebrating Mass, just a day after pleading and ordering soldiers to stop killing innocent […]
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Pope breaking down walls, building trust, say interfaith speakers
May 28, 2015ATLANTA—At an interfaith forum in Atlanta, diplomats and academics joined religious leaders in assessing the extraordinary impact Pope Francis is having as an international statesman. The pope is being given “the lion’s share of credit for pushing forward” the normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States, said Ambassador Charles Shapiro, president of the […]
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Mother and son: Pope Francis shares personal, intimate devotion to Mary
May 28, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—From Easter to Pentecost—and especially during the Marian month of May—Catholics recite the “Regina Coeli” prayer “with the emotion of children who are happy because their mother is happy” that Jesus has risen from the dead, Pope Francis said. Although his devotion to the Mother of God is profound, it is simple in […]
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Sister’s jubilee not complete without visit to Catholic school she founded
May 28, 2015LILBURN—Sister Dawn Gear took a victory lap at St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School, as she walked the hallways and peeked inside the classrooms she planned and cajoled construction workers to build. The longtime educator and founding principal of St. John Neumann returned to the Atlanta area May 7-9 to celebrate her 50 years as […]
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Pope: God will judge people on care for poor, the planet
May 28, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The powerful of the earth will face God’s judgment and will be asked to account for how they cared for the poor and how they cared for the environment so that it could produce food for all, Pope Francis said. “The planet has enough food for all, but it seems that there is […]
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Bishop Zarama blesses property for proposed Mercy Care Chamblee clinic
May 28, 2015CHAMBLEE—Mercy Care staff enjoyed a visit from Bishop Luis R. Zarama at the North Clinic on Buford Highway in Atlanta May 12. Following a tour and a visit with staff and Mercy Care board members, Bishop Zarama and the group went to the site of the future Mercy Care Chamblee clinic. Gathered in a circle, […]
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Collegiate sports next move for these high school seniors
May 28, 2015ATLANTA—A number of Catholic graduating high school seniors will be playing sports at various collegiate institutions locally and around the country as they begin their college careers. This is a list of those students. It excludes the athletes who committed on or prior to National Signing Day, whose names were announced in the Feb. 19 […]
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New priest assignments 2015
May 28, 2015ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. They are effective July 1, 2015, unless otherwise noted. First pastor assignment Father Ignacio Morales, who has been serving as a parochial vicar at Good Shepherd Church, Cumming, has been assigned as pastor of St. John Vianney Church, Lithia Springs. This is his […]