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The Church is already halfway through Advent, the first season of the new liturgical year, a time to prepare to welcome anew the infant Jesus at Christmastime as well as His promised second coming.

Attention young men (high school and college): Finish 2016 strengthened in your resolve to be a warrior for Christ.

In an outpouring of unabashed affection for Our Lady of Guadalupe, hundreds of Catholics from every corner of the Diocese of Phoenix descended on the downtown area Dec. 3 for a day of festivities, fanfare, food, and most of all, faith.

After two Christmas seasons in which the political reality had overtaken holiday cheer, people seemed primed to finally feel some merriment in Bethlehem.

This Advent, journey to modern-day Bethlehem via film and post-discussion with the filmmaker. One night only: Dec. 16.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the Americas — both North and South — and patroness of the Diocese of Phoenix, which serves Catholics from both continents.

OKLAHOMA CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother, a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City who served in Guatemala, making him the first martyr to have been born in the United States.

The archbishop for the U.S. military services discusses the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Thomas Hooker had endeared himself to the parish and surrounding community with his gentle spirit and daily prayer.

What she would like to say to God: “Thank you. I love you. I hope you’re glad to see me.” And what would she like God to say to her? “Thank you. I love you. I’ve always been glad to see you.”