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A monument to Pedro de Corpa and Companions, also known as the Georgia Martyrs, stands outside of Nativity of Our Lady Church in Darien, Ga., May 26, 2026. The monument, sculpted by Timothy Schmalz, was blessed in 2021. (OSV News photo/Gretchen R. Crowe)

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage honors Georgia Martyrs ahead of historic beatification

EWTN News|May 27, 2026|5 Min Read

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta March 20, 2026. Kemp Kemp signed May 11, 2026, legislation criminalizing clergy sexual abuse -- removing consent as a legal defense in cases involving coercion or abuse of spiritual authority. (OSV News photo/Alyssa Pointer, Reuters)

New Georgia law praised for criminalizing clergy sex misconduct in pastoral care

Gina Christian|May 13, 2026|5 Min Read

Abortion demonstrators are seen in Atlanta May 14, 2022, protesting a state law that banned abortion after six weeks. Passed in 2019, the law didn't take effect until after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs' ruling in June 2022 overturning Roe v. Wade. The law, facing many legal challenges, was struck down for the second time in a Sept. 30, 2024, ruling by Judge Robert McBurney of Superior Court of Fulton County in Atlanta. (OSV News photo/Alyssa Pointer, Reuters)

Georgia's abortion ban struck down again; abortions can now be performed up to 22 weeks

OSV News|Sep 30, 2024|2 Min Read

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, pictured in a Nov. 7, 2018, photo, signed legislation May 7, 2019, to ban abortions with some exceptions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is around six weeks. (OSV News/Chris Aluka Berry, Reuters)

Supreme Court in Georgia allows 'heartbeat' abortion ban to stand

Kate Scanlon|Oct 25, 2023|3 Min Read

Abortion demonstrators are seen in Atlanta May 14, 2022. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals July 20 reversed a lower court decision and said Georgia's "heartbeat law" should be permitted to take effect immediately. It bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is about six weeks into a pregnancy. (CNS photo/Alyssa Pointer, Reuters)

Georgia's 'heartbeat law' takes effect after appeals court lifts injunction

Catholic News Service|Jul 22, 2022|4 Min Read

Pro-life advocates at the 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, 2018. (Jonah McKeown/CNA)

Appeals court may wait to rule on Georgia abortion law until Dobbs is decided

Christine Rousselle|Sep 28, 2021|2 Min Read

Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Augusta, Ga., is seen in this undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Donnell Suggs, Diocese of Savannah)

Catholic school for special needs prepares students for what's next

Catholic News Service|Sep 8, 2020|3 Min Read

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Georgia abortion heartbeat law banned by federal court

Catholic News Agency|Jul 13, 2020|3 Min Read

Father Stephen Parkes. (Diocese of Savannah via CNA)

Bishop's brother appointed brother bishop in Savannah

Catholic News Agency|Jul 8, 2020|3 Min Read

Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta. Credit: Georgia Bulletin/Michael Alexander.

Archbishop Gregory promises transparency during state investigation

Christine Rousselle|May 2, 2019|3 Min Read

Seven Catholics who call themselves the Kings Bay Plowshares are seen April 4

Magistrate denies motion to dismiss charges against plowshares activists

Dennis Sadowski|Apr 30, 2019|3 Min Read

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