Arizona Catholic Conference seeks to increase charitable tax credits, affect abortion
A pair of bills aimed at charitable tax credits plus three bills aimed at abortion are making their way through the Arizona Legislature.
Christ’s passion to be retold in live musical broadcast from New Orleans
Producers promise a narrative faithful to Scripture with visuals set in contemporary times meaning Christ will ultimately don an an orange jumpsuit while carrying His cross.
Joy of Jesus’s presence bookends Holy Week liturgies with modern day Calvary keeping Catholics...
Beginning with Palm Sunday, we go from the “Hosannas,” and the applauses to the mocking, “Crucify Him," to his His Resurrection.
Irish priests in Arizona: 70 years of service and love, delivered with a brogue
Waves of priests from the Emerald Isle began arriving in 'State 48' in 1946 with more than 100 priests trading in verdant fields for the scorching Arizona sun over the years.
Mother Teresa to be canonized Sept. 4; pope sets other sainthood dates
Pope Francis set three dates for the canonization of five saints later this year including Mother Teresa, a 'gaucho priest' and a young Mexican martyr.
Catholic college, university prepare to welcome first nursing students
Bachelor and doctorate-level nursing programs are launching soon in the Diocese of Phoenix at Saint Xavier University and College of St. Scholastica, respectively.
U.S. architect recalls events that led him to design chapel at Vatican
Pope Francis is the first pontiff from the Americas and the chapel where he offers daily Mass is the first building in the Vatican designed by an American.
Humble service, now ‘that’s amore,’ pope says at audience
Loving service also involves placing the gifts God has given one at the service of the community so it can grow, Pope Francis said.
Informe muestra que escuelas católicas de EE.UU. no hacen suficiente por católicos latinos
"Catholic Schools in an Increasingly Hispanic Church", examina la disparidad entre el número de niños de edad escolar que son hispanos y el número de estos estudiantes matriculados en escuelas católicas.
Pastors find options to help coax people back to sacrament of reconciliation
Fr. Kosnac has been offering daily confessions for 18 years at his parish, and during that time he has seen a steady growth of parishioners and non-parishioners alike seeking the sacrament.