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Ukrainian church leader: West must help stop Russian interference
September 18, 2014WARSAW, Poland (CNS)—A Ukrainian church leader said Western governments need to use “all available means” to curb Russian military interference. “Every right-thinking European should realize that what’s happening here has worldwide implications,” said Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, secretary-general of the Ukrainian Catholic Synod of Bishops. “Besides raping all international law, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is also […]
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At wedding, pope says spouses make each other better people
September 18, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Presiding over the wedding of 20 couples in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated marriage as the union of a man and woman playing complementary roles during their common journey through life. “This is what marriage is all about: man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever […]
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Pope: People have yet to learn that war is madness, indifference a sin
September 18, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—When will people ever learn that war is madness and conflicts are only resolved by forgiveness, Pope Francis asked. The pope said it is believed that more than 8 million soldiers and 7 million civilians died during World War I—a four-year-long conflict that began 100 years ago. The number of so many lost […]
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Cristo Rey graduate says it was a ‘life-changer’
September 18, 2014CHICAGO—Andy Laureano, a graduate of the original Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, received a full ride scholarship to the University of San Francisco. It was a long way from the gang-infested neighborhood of Little Village where he grew up. “I definitely had a great experience there,” said Laureano of his time as a […]
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‘What if every student had a job?’ Atlanta takes up the Cristo Rey challenge
September 18, 2014Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School opened its doors in August with some 160 students in the inaugural freshman class of this Atlanta school. It’s the first Catholic high school to open in the center of the city since the 1970s when St. Joseph High School closed. Marist School moved from its downtown campus beside […]
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Priests convene, add their pastoral plan recommendations
September 18, 2014BUFORD—Priests of the Atlanta Archdiocese paused from their ministries recently as they voted on what may become the pastoral priorities of the Catholic Church here over the next five years. Some 180 clergymen attended the convocation of priests, held at Legacy Lodge at Lake Lanier, from Monday, Sept. 8, to Thursday, Sept. 11, to add […] Full Story
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Statement of Catholic bishops of Georgia regarding unaccompanied minor children and refugee families
September 18, 2014The plight of people migrating because of oppression arouses our compassion particularly when those migrants and refugees include so many children and young families. As pastors, we are deeply moved by the rapidly increasing number of children unaccompanied by parents or guardians as well as parents with young children who have fled their homes in […]
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Declaración de los obispos Católicos de Georgia sobre los niños no acompañados y las familias refugiadas
September 18, 2014El sufrimiento de las personas migrantes debido a la opresión provoca nuestra compasión, particularmente cuando entre esos migrantes y refugiados se encuentran tantos niños y familias jóvenes. Como pastores, estamos profundamente conmovidos por el rápido aumento en el número de niños no acompañados por sus padres o tutores legales, al igual que el de padres […]
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See ‘face of Christ’ in young migrants, Ga. bishops ask
September 18, 2014ATLANTA—The bishops of Georgia have called on their faith communities to “seek opportunities to welcome and serve” the wave of unaccompanied immigrant children and teenagers and young families who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and are now being sheltered in various states, including Georgia. Catholics should “recognize the face of Christ in each migrating person,” […]
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Archbishop creates post of chief operating officer, reorganizes direct reports
September 18, 2014SMYRNA—In a recent reorganization of the Chancery administration, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has named a layman to the new post of chief operating officer and brought Brad Wilson, the chief financial officer of the archdiocese, into a direct reporting relationship to the archbishop. Archbishop Gregory also has designated Bishop David P. Talley as a vicar […]