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Pope arrives in Hungary preaching cooperation, welcome–not isolation
April 28, 2023Paying homage to Hungary’s history, culture and location in the heart of Europe, Pope Francis pushed against the notion that the country needed to insulate itself to protect its identity.
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Trappist Father Matthew Torpey remembered
April 28, 2023Father Matthew Torpey, OCSO, a monk and priest of the Cistercian (Trappist) Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers died peacefully in the monastery infirmary on April 26.
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The gift and challenge of peace
April 27, 2023After his resurrection, Jesus entered the upper room where his disciples had been in hiding since his crucifixion. They were afraid for their own lives. Jesus greeted them with the words: “Peace be with you.”
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Sister Peggy Fannon, ‘heart of Saint Joseph,’ marks 50 years at hospital
April 27, 2023Sister Peggy Fannon is the only Sister of Mercy walking the halls and visiting the patients of Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta’s oldest hospital. Thousands and thousands of patients have benefited from her five decades of nursing.
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Supreme Court blocks lower court’s restrictions on abortion pill
April 21, 2023The U.S. Supreme Court said April 21 it would block a lower court’s restrictions on an abortion pill, leaving the drug on the market while litigation over the drug proceeds.
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Archbishop Hartmayer expresses condolences upon death of Dr. Charles Stanley
April 20, 2023Dr. Charles F. Stanley, who served as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta for 50 years, died April 18. Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., offered a statement of condolence for the community at large.
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Flannery O’Connor and Christian redemption
April 18, 2023The Southern Catholic author Flannery O’Connor wrote a plethora of stories exploring the consciousness of the American South. Her stories stirred people up, angered and bewildered them.
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Knights at St. Ann Church Celebrate 40th
April 18, 2023Our Lady of LaSalette Knights of Columbus Council #8376 on April 17 will mark 40 years of service to their St. Ann Church and the local community.
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Tennessee’s Catholic bishops join in letter to lawmakers urging passage of gun safety measures
April 18, 2023The three Catholic bishops of Tennessee–Bishop J. Mark Spalding of Nashville, Bishop David P. Talley of Memphis and Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville–have included their names on a letter to Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee General Assembly urging passage of gun safety measures.
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Cancel my candidacy for sainthood
April 18, 2023Examining my conscience wasn’t tough when I was a child. My sins were basically the same every week—disobeying my parents and fighting with my sister.