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Archdiocese of Atlanta
Traveling to or through the Atlanta Airport? Atlanta airport gets a 24/7 eucharistic chapel
by Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Feb 14, 2023 / 15:45 pm Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer of Atlanta dedicated and blessed his archdiocese’s newest chapel while on his way to catch a flight Monday. Airline workers and travelers flying through the busiest airport in the world can now spend time in the …
Atlanta archdiocese to end Sunday Mass dispensation
by Joe Bukuras Atlanta, Ga., Apr 30, 2021 / 10:00 am America/Denver (CNA). This week the archdiocese of Atlanta announced an end date to the general dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. In a letter to parishioners in the archdiocese, Archbishop Hartmayer said that he “believes it is …
Statement of U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Asian and Pacific Island Affairs on Discrimination Against the Asian Community
WASHINGTON — Following deadly shootings at three businesses in the greater Atlanta area this past week and the dialogue that has been ignited about other reported incidents of aggression against people of Asian descent, Bishop Oscar A. Solis of Salt Lake City, and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic …
USCCB condemns racist violence, prays for victims, after Atlanta shootings
Washington D.C., Mar 22, 2021 / 04:30 pm MT (CNA).- The U.S. bishops’ conference denounced racism and violence following last week’s shootings in Atlanta that killed six Asian women. “I am deeply saddened to hear of another mass shooting that has tragically taken the lives of eight people and has …
‘Gone with the Wind’ rights were gift to Atlanta archdiocese
CNA Staff, Jun 10, 2020 / 02:42 pm MT (CNA).- Ongoing American conversation on race and history focused on cinema Wednesday, when streaming service HBO Max announced it would pull “Gone with the Wind” from its rotation of movies, adding information on its historical context and a denunciation of its …
Laudato si’: Atlanta archdiocese’s sustainability efforts 5 years on
by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, May 22, 2020 / 04:58 pm MT (CNA).- Susan Varlamoff, a retired biologist and parishioner at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, was in 2015 serving as director of the Office of Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia, when she heard that Pope Francis was …