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Survey for archdiocesan pastoral plan goes live; participation invited
March 7, 2014ATLANTA—Catholics can now take the first step in helping to create a vision for the Atlanta Archdiocese. A survey to gauge the spiritual lives of believers and their experience of their faith community was posted on the Internet March 6; responses will be taken until March 23. Questions range from what you enjoy most about going to […]
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Pope tells new cardinals to show courage, unity, compassion
March 7, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—On a feast day commemorating the authority Jesus gave to St. Peter and his successors—the popes—Pope Francis created 19 new cardinals in the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. To the great surprise of most people present, the retired pope entered St. Peter’s Basilica about 15 minutes before the new cardinals and Pope […]
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St. Patrick’s Day Mass March 17 at 5:30 p.m.
March 7, 2014ATLANTA—An evening Mass for St. Patrick’s Day will be celebrated on Monday, March 17, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, with a guest speaker from All Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland. Father Patrick J. McDevitt, a Vincentian priest, who is president of the college where a number of archdiocesan priests studied, will speak at […]
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Guidance on Lent from the USCCB
March 7, 2014WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) provided the following questions and answers about Lent and Lenten practices. Q. Why do we say that there are 40 days of Lent? When you count all the days from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, there are 46. A. It might be more accurate to say that […]
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New head of Legionaries of Christ weighs burden of founder’s sins
March 7, 2014ROME (CNS)—When accusations of sexual abuse against Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder and then-general director of the Legionaries of Christ, were first published in 1997, Father Eduardo Robles Gil was running one of the congregation’s schools in Mexico City. Father Robles Gil did not believe Father Maciel had molested boys in his own seminaries, yet […]
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Ukrainian churches urge peace as war clouds gather over Crimea
March 7, 2014OXFORD, England (CNS)—Church leaders in Ukraine appealed for peace in their country’s Crimea peninsula as its government accused Russia of “carrying out an armed invasion.” The pleas came soon after several hundred camouflage-wearing troops without insignia and armed with military-style rifles entered and secured areas of the civilian airport in Crimea’s regional capital of Simerfopol […]
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Sophia Academy girls win APAC tournament
March 7, 2014ATLANTA—The Sophia Academy middle school girls basketball team successfully completed its season. After defeating The Cottage School in the first round of the Atlanta Private Athletic Conference basketball tournament on Feb. 20, Sophia Academy advanced to the championship game where they defeated The Swift School Feb. 24.
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Dream of 24-hour Catholic radio shifts to new type of FM station
March 7, 2014GAINESVILLE—Local Catholics hope to share their faith over the airwaves of a low-power FM station, a new type of non-commercial station. The weekly Catholic Hour radio show, a regular Sunday program for six years, earlier suspended its program. Instead Totus Tuus Catholic Radio Inc. is focused on starting a new community station, said one of its founders. “It reaches […]
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Response to ‘On Eagle’s Wings’ over the years humbling for composer
March 7, 2014HONOLULU (CNS)—Father Jan Michael Joncas has composed more than 300 liturgical songs, but his name is widely known for the one that tops a list of favorites: “On Eagle’s Wings.” The hymn by Father Joncas, 62, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, was named by hundreds of voters as their No. […]
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Pope Francis’ constant refrain: ‘Go forth,’ evangelize, help the poor
March 7, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis’ most frequent advice and exhortation to Catholics—from laypeople in parishes to bishops and cardinals—is “Go forth.” In Italian, the phrase is even snappier: “Avanti.” As the world’s cardinals gathered at the Vatican in early March 2013 to discuss the needs of the church before they entered the conclave to elect a […]