Restorative justice conference attendees learn how Catholic Church can help usher in hope October 11, 2025By Andrew Nelson The Georgia Bulletin Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, World News During the three-day gathering at Emory University in Atlanta, participants in the National Catholic Conference on Restorative Justice toured the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, immersing themselves in the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., before praying at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Later, they attended Mass celebrated by Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer.
As numbers decline, communities age, women religious urged to discern their ’emerging future’ August 20, 2025By Andrew Nelson The Georgia Bulletin Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, World News From a message that “dread is not of God” to a “pilgrimage of hope,” several hundred Catholic sisters and guests gathered in downtown Atlanta for the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Holding back emotions, Catholic youth minister calls day of school shooting ‘surreal’ September 9, 2024By Andrew Nelson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News The bishops called the shooting “another grim reminder” that taking additional steps to prevent gun violence “cannot wait for another tragedy to happen.”