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Decision Reflects Pope’s Humility, Archbishop Says
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said that his many meetings with Pope Benedict XVI during the years when the archbishop headed the U.S. bishops’ conference and the future pope was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith were characterized by memorable openness, true conversation and respect. “I was always impressed with his preparation,” […]
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Pope Benedict XVI Announces He Will Resign
February 14, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Saying he no longer has the strength to exercise ministry over the universal church, Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 11 that he would be resigning at the end of the month after an eight-year pontificate. “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due […]
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Twelve Ordained As New Deacons For Atlanta
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—Twelve men have been ordained as deacons by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to serve the church as “servant ministers,” charged with serving the poor, helping the skeptical with their faith, and assisting at the celebration of Mass. With its incense and ancient prayers, the ordination Mass was celebrated Saturday, Feb. 2, as friends and family […]
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No Room In The Lifeboat
February 14, 2013I’m always deeply moved when someone sacrifices their life for someone else in a movie. In the 1953 film “Titanic,” there was that gut-wrenching scene where some noble passengers and crew members helped women and children into the lifeboats, and then stayed on the ship to die because there weren’t enough boats to go around. […]
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One of the most important seasons of the year
February 14, 2013Yesterday, we began Lent, one of the most important seasons of the year. It is a time that has its own mystique that is deeply and forever rooted in the tradition of the Church and in our own personal experiences from Lents of the past. While there are many other notable celebrations and times that […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
February 14, 2013Ayer comenzamos una de las temporadas más importantes del año, la Cuaresma. Éste, es un tiempo tiene su propia mística, cuyas raíces están arraigadas profunda y permanente en la tradición de la Iglesia y en nuestras propias experiencias personales de otras Cuaresmas del pasado. A pesar de que existen muchas otras celebraciones notables y otras […]
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Video: Pope departs after last public Mass
February 14, 2013To shouts of “Viva Papa” and loud, sustained applause, Pope Benedict blessed the crowds as the final public Mass concluded.
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Priest At Rome Seminary Reflects On Pope’s Legacy
February 14, 2013ROME, Italy—Father Luke Ballman, a priest of the Atlanta Archdiocese, works and teaches at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, so near to St. Peter’s Square he can hear the pope’s voice when his addresses are broadcast by loud speaker. His sense of this historic moment in the life of the Church is that […]
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Bishop-designate David Talley on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
February 13, 2013“In my lifetime, I have seen three extraordinary events that are truly ‘historical’ in the life of the Church: the first event was seen between 1962 and 1965, when second Ecumenical Council was held at the Vatican (Vatican II); the second event was the election of the first non-Italian pope in centuries, as the young […]
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Observations Through the Lens
February 7, 2013On Wednesday morning, Feb. 6, my first assignment took me to St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, where I had to photograph one of the 2013 teacher honorees for the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Office of Catholic Schools. It was a foggy morning, which prompted me to stop and take a photo of the school’s baseball […]