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Removing thorns from suffering people
April 3, 2023As I walked barefooted across the rug, I suddenly felt a stabbing pain in my foot. I limped over to the bed and extracted the object that had pierced my heel, while watching in horror, as blood pooled on the floor.
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In memory of David Bottoms, former Poet Laureate of Georgia
April 3, 2023We don’t often think of poets as having “fans,” but for people like me, great poets are on the same level as ballplayers, movie stars, and rock bands. Growing up in Georgia, I was a great fan of two wonderful Georgia poets: James Dickey and David Bottoms.
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Palm Sunday: Pope says be close to those ‘abandoned’ like Christ
April 2, 2023In his homily for Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square April 2, the pope reflected on the phrase Jesus uttered on the cross in St. Matthew’s Gospel: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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With ‘The Journey’ Bocelli gives us a Holy Week treat
March 31, 2023In celebration of his faith, family, friends, and homeland, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli recently embarked on a 200-mile pilgrimage—on horseback—along the Via Francigena, from Rome to his provincial Italian estate. The result is the new film “The Journey.”
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Atlanta Catholics reflect on a decade of Pope Francis’ leadership
March 31, 2023The Georgia Bulletin asked people in the Archdiocese of Atlanta to share how they have been shaped by Pope Francis as he celebrated 10 years as pope in March.
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Pope visits pediatric oncology ward, baptizes infant during hospital stay
March 31, 2023Pope Francis used his third day at Rome’s Gemelli hospital to visit children hospitalized in the oncology ward and to confer the sacrament of baptism on a tiny infant named Miguel Angel.
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Praying for the persecuted
March 30, 2023As the church comes to the solemn week when we recall our Lord’s Passion, it is a good time for us to be praying for those who are in harm’s way as they preach and live the Gospel message.
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Schools bring STREAM labs, technology to spark young minds
March 30, 2023Schools in the archdiocese are showcasing innovative ways to teach science and engineering. Educators said students may not become doctors or scientists, but they will learn life skills.
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Pope hospitalized for respiratory infection, Vatican says
March 29, 2023After having difficulty breathing, Pope Francis went to Rome’s Gemelli hospital March 29 where he was diagnosed with a respiratory infection that will be treated in the hospital for several days, the Vatican press office said.
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Jesus renews life, hope even when all seems lost, pope says
March 27, 2023Jesus can offer everyone hope and new life, Pope Francis said before praying the Angelus with some 35,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square March 26.