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Bishop Stephen Parkes delivers a homily at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Savannah on May 10, 2025.

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'Great humility, a kindness, and a gentleness': Savannah bishop recalls 2023 chat with Pope Leo XIV

The bishop of the Diocese of Savannah described the newly elected pontiff as well-suited "for what we need at this particular time."

May 12, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
Demonstrators participate in the March For Life anti abortion rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on January 19, 2024.

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Why Catholic bishops are donating less to oppose abortion rights measures this year

In recent years, Catholic bishops have spent millions on campaigns to defeat abortion rights measures at the ballot box. This year, they're taking a dramatically different approach.

October 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rosemary Westwood and
  • Jack Jenkins
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker speaks to the media during NFL football Super Bowl 58 opening night on  Feb. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. Butker railed against Pride month along with President Biden's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his stance on abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend.

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Benedictine College nuns denounce Harrison Butker's speech at their school

"Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division," the sisters wrote of the NFL kicker's controversial commencement address.

May 20, 2024
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  • John Helton
A same-sex couple receives a blessing in front of Germany's Cologne Cathedral in September 2023, a few months before Pope Francis officially declared such blessings allowable.

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  • Religion

Catholic Church works to explain what same-sex blessings are and are not

Now that Pope Francis has OK'd priests blessing same-sex couples, LGBTQ+ Catholics are figuring out how to ask for these blessings and whether they want them.

February 14, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose
Aerial view of the Okefenokee in April.

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  • News

Catholic sisters revive pressure on companies to protect the Okefenokee

Felician Sisters call on companies Chemours and Sherwin-Williams to reject proposed mining project near the fragile swamp.

 

November 14, 2023
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  • Mary Landers
The Synod on Synodality gathering at the Vatican could be defining for Pope Francis. Key agenda items include women's role in the church and welcoming divorced Catholics and LGBTQ+ Catholics.

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  • Religion

Vatican gathering tackles topics from women in ministry to LGBTQ+ Catholics

Roman Catholic leaders from around the world are gathering at the Vatican for a synod, or meeting, to address issues facing the church, including whether to allow women to become deacons.

October 04, 2023
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  • Jason DeRose
FILE PHOTO: Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waves from a balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waves from a balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, April 19, 2005. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo

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Atlanta priest, Catholics reflect on late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Father Luke Ballman was ordained a deacon by then-Cardinal Ratzinger in 1999.

The Archdiocese of Atlanta celebrated a Mass in honor of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Thursday evening.

January 06, 2023
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  • Devon Zwald
A counter-protestor holds a large cross during a youth pro-abortion rights rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on May 5, following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.

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  • Politics

The leaked abortion decision blew up overnight. In 1973, Roe had a longer fuse

The reaction to Roe vs. Wade was immense, but not immediately so. It took months and years for the anti-abortion movement to fully form, to organize and gain political power.

May 08, 2022
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  • Ron Elving
Alligator in swamp

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Catholic nuns pressure mining company to protect Okefenokee

Felician Sisters are behind a shareholder resolution to reject mining before it begins in the Okefenokee.

November 17, 2021
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  • Mary Landers
Pope John XXIII with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who stands at left, during an audience granted in the pontiff's private library in the Vatican Palace on Dec. 6, 1959. Eisenhower was the second U.S. president to meet the pope.

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  • Politics

U.S. presidents have met with the pope since 1919. It all started with Woodrow Wilson

President Biden's meeting with the pope is a fairly recent tradition for U.S. presidents. His meeting will mark the 31st time a U.S. president has met with the leader of the Catholic Church.

October 29, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, shown here on Jan. 20, 2021, attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during Inauguration Day ceremonies in Washington, D.C.

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  • Religion

After Debate On Biden's Abortion Views, Bishops Vote to Rethink Communion Rules

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has voted to move forward with a process that could call into question the eligibility of politicians like President Joe Biden to receive Communion.

June 19, 2021
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  • Sarah McCammon
Joe and Jill Biden attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning before his inauguration.

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  • Religion

Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here's What That Could Mean

President Biden is only the nation's second Catholic president, but his position on abortion rights is at odds with the church.

January 24, 2021
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  • Sarah McCammon
President Trump has paid far more attention to Catholics this year than he did in 2016.

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  • National

For Trump, Conservative Catholics Are The New Evangelicals

The president's campaign now realizes it was not white evangelicals who got Trump elected in 2016 but conservative Catholics.

October 26, 2020
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  • Tom Gjelten
Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after President Donald Trump announced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House on Sept. 26.

Amy Coney Barrett's Catholicism Is Controversial But May Not Be Confirmation Issue

Democrats are unhappy over Barrett's nomination and object to her conservative legal views, but they are unlikely to question her Catholic beliefs.

September 29, 2020
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  • Tom Gjelten
Cesa Pusateri, 12, and her grandfather, Timothy Waxenfelter, principal of Quigley Catholic High School, leave with his collection of speech and debate books after the closure of the school in Baden, Pa., on June 8, 2020. According to the National Catholic Educational Association, at least 100 schools have announced in recent weeks that they won't reopen this fall.

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  • Religion

The Closure Of Catholic Schools Is 'Devastating,' Advocates Say

Administrators say the COVID-19 economic downturn means many low income families can no longer afford Catholic school tuition fees.

July 31, 2020
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  • Tom Gjelten
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