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The number of abortions, which had peaked at about 1.6 million in 1989, is now down to 1 million, but those performed at Planned Parenthood clinics is up 250 percent in the same time period.

Greek life on a college campus doesn’t have to conjure up negative images. It can instead be associated with brotherhood and sisterhood rooted in Catholicism.

More than 200 young men — triple the number that registered in advance online — began their New Year learning to embrace Catholic manhood.

The celebration of the priest — who founded 24 missions and held a host of other titles — kicked off the yearlong celebration of the National Park Service's 100th anniversary.

One by one, Pope Francis poured water from a gilded shell and gently caressed the head of each of the 13 girls and 13 boys.

Carolee O’Meara knows what it’s like to be poor. She also knows how it feels to receive mercy. “I’ve always had a heart for the poor,” O’Meara said as she deftly stashed cans of vegetables in food boxes at Paz de Cristo in Mesa. “Being raised in a home where there was poverty and where God was just there all the time leading me, even without the parental guidance, God was just always merciful to keep me close to Him.”

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix released for the first time ever in its history a documentary-style short film that seeks to create awareness of a crisis in masculinity found in today’s society.

Rebecca De La Torre, director of music and webmaster for Queen of Peace Parish in Mesa, wrote a bilingual tribute song in honor of Fr. Thomas Bennett's 25 years of priesthood.

Choirsters from St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Scottsdale were among the 6,000 gathered. They held concerts at several churches in Rome and were scheduled to sing in St. Peter's Basilica on New Year's Day.

Five parishes throughout the Diocese of Phoenix’s metro area are hosting “Faustina: Messenger of Divine Mercy” Jan. 5-10.