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Bishop To Bishop: ‘Be Patient And Enjoy Your New Call’
April 11, 2013ATLANTA—The Atlanta Archdiocese received its first auxiliary bishop in close to 40 years in 2009 when Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama was ordained. Bishop Zarama offered some insights he has learned over the years for his new collaborator, Bishop David P. Talley, when he answered a few questions from The Georgia Bulletin: What has surprised […]
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Judge Lifts Age Limits On Emergency Contraceptives
April 11, 2013WASHINGTON (CNS)—An April 5 decision by a New York federal judge to lift age limits on purchases of over-the-counter emergency contraceptives should be “appealed and overturned,” according to an official of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops. “No public health consideration justifies the unregulated distribution of such drugs to children,” said Deirdre McQuade, spokeswoman for […]
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Vespers Homily Calls For Unity, Fellowship
April 11, 2013ATLANTA—“Soul of Christ, sanctify me / Body of Christ, save me / Blood of Christ, inebriate me / Water from Christ’s side, wash me / Passion of Christ, strengthen me / O good Jesus, hear me … ” The words of the first prayer included in the program for the solemn vespers honoring the new […]
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Archbishop: Bishop Talley ‘A Revered And Respected Priest’
April 11, 2013ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently answered some questions for The Georgia Bulletin about the archdiocese’s newest bishop, David P. Talley, and his new role as auxiliary bishop. What particular gifts does Bishop Talley bring to the role of bishop? David Talley is one of the most revered and respected priests in our Archdiocese. He will […]
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Delight That ‘Their’ Msgr. Talley Was Chosen
April 11, 2013I was getting ready to leave for work when my phone rang Jan. 3. Mary Anne Castranio, executive editor of The Georgia Bulletin, called me with important news. “I just wanted to let you know before you hear it somewhere else. The Vatican has named Msgr. Talley an auxiliary bishop,” she said. “Wait. MY Msgr. Talley?” […]
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Bishop Talley talks about the meaning of the statue of St. Francis and St. Claire.
April 4, 2013I spotted this small shrine as I finished interviewing then Msgr. David P. Talley. It was one of the items that had not been packed at his former office at St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek, before his ordination as a bishop. I figured there would be a good story behind it, so I asked him […]
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Our first tweets from Twitter archives
April 3, 2013Twitter allows people to dig back through its archives to uncover the initial fumbling attempts at writing in 140 characters. Here’s ours. Twitter is now a 24-hour news wire, a nonstop flow of stories, photos, videos, and yes, sometime what people had for lunch, that is informative and entertaining. It has been embraced by the […]
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Archbishop Says Simplicity Marks His Mentor
March 28, 2013ROME (CNS)—For the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, “authenticity and simplicity” characterize the man who mentored him as a young bishop and who has just been elected Pope Francis. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said Pope Francis’ simplicity and commitment to a new form of evangelization was exemplified when he came out onto the balcony of […]
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Pope On Palm Sunday: Christ’s Passion Leads To Joy
March 28, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass as pope March 24, telling an overflow crowd in St. Peter’s Square that Christ’s death on the cross is a source of eternal consolation and joy. “A Christian can never be sad. Never give way to discouragement,” the pope said in his homily, assuring listeners […]
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Pope Francis To Live In Vatican Guesthouse
March 28, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis has decided not to move into the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace, but to live in a suite in the Vatican guesthouse where he has been since the beginning of the conclave that elected him, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman. “He is experimenting with this type of living […]