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• Rabbi Skorka, friend of pope, to speak in Atlanta on King legacy

  January 9, 2015

  SANDY SPRINGS—Masorti Olami, the World Council of Conservative Masorti Synagogues, will host “A Conversation with Dr. Rabbi Abraham Skorka” on Sunday, Jan. 18. Rabbi Skorka was Pope Francis’ co-author for the book, “On Heaven and Earth,” regarding interfaith dialogue. The program begins at 7 p.m. at Congregation Or-Hadash, 7460 Trowbridge Road in Sandy Springs. The […]

• Year of Consecrated Life invites all to explore, make ‘courageous’ decisions

  January 9, 2015

  ATLANTA—Consecrated women and men whose sole aim is to dedicate their lives seeking freedom in Christ and embodying his perfect love are the focus of the Year of Consecrated Life, proclaimed by Pope Francis at the end of 2014, at a crucial time in humanity’s history. Many people within and outside the church are familiar […]

• What are the types of consecrated life?

  January 9, 2015

  Eremetic life Hermits profess the three evangelical counsels publicly but separate themselves from the world in solitude, penance and intense prayer as means for the salvation of the world and in praise of God. “It is a particular call to find in the desert, in the thick of spiritual battle, the glory of the Crucified […]

• Pope offers Mass for victims of Paris attack

  January 9, 2015

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The morning after 12 people were shot to death and 11 others injured at the Paris office of a satirical weekly newspaper, Pope Francis dedicated his early morning Mass to the victims and their families. At the beginning of the Mass Jan. 8, he told the small congregation that the attack in Paris […]

• Pro-life events to memorialize the day abortion was legalized

  January 8, 2015

  ATLANTA—Catholics in Atlanta will remember the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion with prayer at the Cathedral of Christ the King, on Peachtree Road, and a silent protest. On Jan. 22, 1973, the country’s highest court issued its Roe v. Wade decision. Since then to 2011, some 53 million pregnancies have ended with abortions. […]

• Martin Luther King Weekend Celebration set for Jan. 15-18

  January 8, 2015

  ATLANTA—The 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend Celebration, sponsored by the Office for Black Catholic Ministry of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will be held Jan. 15-18. Events include a night of service, Eucharistic celebration and youth celebration. All are invited to attend. The weekend begins with the young adult night of service on Thursday, Jan. […]

• New church plan on Ebola: pastoral care as well as health, education

  January 8, 2015

  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS)—Pope Francis will boost the church’s response to Ebola in West Africa through an initiative that focuses on pastoral care as well as health and education, a Vatican official told Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia. Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, met with […] Full Story

• Demographic changes affecting church now an emerging reality for nation

  January 8, 2015

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholics in the United States have been told frequently over the past decade or more about the demographic changes coming to the makeup of their church—especially with the growing number of Hispanics now living in the U.S. Now, however, it’s the United States’ turn to recognize and deal with the emerging reality of demographic […]

• Pope says all religious leaders must condemn Islamic State

  January 8, 2015

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis deplored the “abuses and inhuman acts” of Islamic State militants, and called on all religious leaders to condemn them “unanimously and unambiguously.” He also said he hoped to travel to the Middle East to comfort persecuted Christians there. The pope’s words appeared in a Christmas letter to Christians in the Middle […]

• Pope names 15 new cardinal electors, most from global South

  January 8, 2015

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Underscoring the geographical diversity of his selections, Pope Francis named 15 cardinal electors “from 14 nations of every continent, showing the inseparable link between the church of Rome and the particular churches present in the world.” In addition to 15 new electors, Pope Francis named five new cardinals who are over the age […]