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• US bishops’ president calls for special collection for Catholic aid groups in Gaza

  

  By OSV News
  Published August 25, 2025

  The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war continues.

• ‘We are not yet done’: March for Life holds first national event after overturn of Roe v. Wade

  

  By KATE SCANLON, OSV News
  Published January 21, 2023

  Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates descended upon the nation’s capital for the 50th March for Life Jan. 20–the first march since the overturn of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that initially prompted the annual demonstration.

• Archbishop Hartmayer offers statement on overturning of Georgia abortion ban

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published November 16, 2022

  While attending the USCCB Fall Assembly, Archbishop Hartmayer provided comments on the Nov. 15 ruling by a Fulton County Superior Court judge, striking down Georgia’s abortion ban.

• Atlantans visit Our Mother of Africa Chapel ahead of National Black Catholic Congress 

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 21, 2022

  The National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC) hosted a pilgrimage to the Our Mother of Africa Chapel of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C. Atlanta delegates to the upcoming NBCC Congress XIII attended the celebration, learning about the chapel’s history on its anniversary.

• Group’s report card shows many dioceses failing in financial transparency

  

  By MARK PATTISON, Catholic News Service
  Published August 24, 2022

  A report card from Voice of the Faithful shows many dioceses failing in financial transparency. The Archdiocese of Atlanta, however, scored in the top five dioceses for transparency in this first online review of diocesan finance councils’ composition and compliance with canon law.

• Congress urged to ‘seize hopeful moment,’ vote to protect life, common good

  

  By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
  Published August 4, 2022

  The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade “presents a historic opportunity to reshape society for the better,” said the chairmen of U.S. bishops’ committees on pro-life activities, religious liberty, marriage and family and domestic policy.

• U.S. bishops urge Congress to address gun violence

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published June 9, 2022

  In response to the mass shootings in recent weeks, the chairmen of four U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to “stop the massacres of innocent lives.”

• Ministry is geared up to again bring Christmas joy to children in need

  

  By MAISY SULLIVAN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 14, 2021

  Box of Joy encourages people nationwide to give back to less fortunate children in countries around the world. Learn more about the program by Cross Catholic Outreach and how you can get involved.

• Bishops, in virtual meeting, focus on McCarrick report, pandemic, racism

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published November 17, 2020

  The first day of the virtual fall assembly of the U.S. Catholic bishops, Nov. 16, included discussion about the Vatican report on Theodore McCarrick, the ongoing pandemic and the church’s response to racism.

• Pope Francis’ teaching in new encyclical called ‘profound and beautiful’

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published October 15, 2020

  In his new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship,” Pope Francis reminds the faithful that God’s plan for humanity has implications for every aspect of life.

• Bishops of U.S., Canada will consecrate their nations to Mary May 1

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published April 24, 2020

  Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in consecrating the two nations to the Blessed Mother.

• Church leaders call for aid and prayers following deadly tornadoes, storms

  

  By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
  Published April 16, 2020

  Two U.S. archbishops are asking for prayers and help for those affected by a series of storms and tornadoes that tore through several states beginning on Easter and going into the following day. 

• Refugee advocates decry Trump administration’s plan to cut refugee cap

  

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 3, 2019

  Refugee advocates are opposed to the decision announced by the Trump administration Sept. 26 that it plans to admit no more than 18,000 refugees in the next fiscal year, the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980.

• Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.

  

  By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
  Published August 5, 2019

  Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3 and 4.

• Father Luke Ballman named to USCCB position

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published May 17, 2019

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory shared news with the Archdiocese of Atlanta regarding the appointment of Father Luke Ballman to a leadership post with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) May 17.

• Pope Francis names Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory as new Archbishop of Washington

  

  Published April 4, 2019

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Pope Francis today named Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory as the seventh Archbishop of Washington. Archbishop Gregory is currently the Archbishop of Atlanta, and will succeed Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who served as Washington’s archbishop from June 2006 to October 2018. “I am deeply grateful to Pope Francis for this appointment to serve the Archdiocese of […] Full Story | En Español

• Judges block expansion of religious exemptions to HHS mandate

  Published January 15, 2019

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—Two federal judges temporarily blocked the government from putting into effect new rules that would expand the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers. The decisions came in cases filed in federal courts in Pennsylvania and California that challenged the expansion, arguing that allowing […] Full Story

• Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at 88

  By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 27, 2018

  WASHINGTON (CNS)–Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88. She has been widely described as both an unlikely art critic and television star, but that may have been what made her all the more likeable. Discussing […] Full Story

• Nation mourns death of 41st president, recalls his life, legacy

  

  By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
  Published December 5, 2018

  WASHINGTON (CNS)—When he was running for re-election in 1992, President George H.W. Bush told Catholic News Service that he believed that a strong religious faith could provide “an extra shot of strength when you need it.” “I don’t believe you can be president without having faith. I really strongly feel that,” Bush said in a […] Full Story

• Abuse crisis, day of discernment, prayer top agenda for Baltimore meeting

  By Catholic News Service
  Published November 4, 2018

  WASHINGTON —Discussion and voting on concrete measures to address the abuse crisis and a day of spiritual discernment and prayer will top the agenda for the U.S. bishops when they meet Nov. 12-14 for the fall general assembly in Baltimore. Public sessions of the assembly also will be livestreamed, live tweeted and carried via satellite, said […] Full Story