Sometimes it's a mystery where our thoughts come from. I can be walking along the street and suddenly a disturbing image will ...

Assembly members will sponsor a Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 26. Archbishop Hartmayer will celebrate the Mass at the ...

Pope Leo XIV formally began his ministry as the successor of St. Peter by calling for "a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which ...

Father Gaurav Shroff of Atlanta shares his experiences during the mourning period for Pope Francis and the election of a new ...

I chose to be involved in prison ministry because, like Jesus, I need to be present to those who are shut-ins and to share ...

SMYRNA–Archbishop Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, conveys the following announcements regarding priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, effective July 1, 2025: ...

The true scope and impact of Pope Francis’ pontificate will reveal itself more fully in time. That is not to say, however, that we only need to sit back and watch it unfold. If Pope Francis taught us ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary outreach is most desperately needed,” Pope Leo XIV said ...

ROME (CNS)—While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of the U.S.-based cardinals who participated in the conclave that ...

ATLANTA—White smoke began to waft then pour out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney shortly after 12 p.m. on May 8. Catholic school students and teachers across the Archdiocese of Atlanta assembled in ...