LOCAL NEWS

Alex Vera grew up in St. Joseph, Mo., during the 1940s — a time when European immigrants arrived fleeing World War II. Although she was baptized Catholic by her mother, Vera was actually raised as a Methodist.

A Prescott teenager and a New York artist are among the countless Catholics who was moved to action after hearing about the explosions (with video courtesy of Sacred Heart Parish in Prescott).

The state’s unemployment rate has declined slightly in the last six months and it’s possible that staff at St. Joseph the Worker had a little something to do with it.

He struggled with drugs as a 12-year-old. That led to other bad choices for Duane Dodds over the years. “Well, I’m going to hell for that one,” Dodds recalled saying throughout his youth.

The Profession of Faith is a central component of the Christian faith. It is both a communal and personal expression of Catholic core beliefs.

Local Catholic groups and students have been earning awards for a job well done in recent weeks. Take a look.

Ten local parishes are taking turns hosting an exposition of sacred relics starting April 7. Catholics will find more than 150 relics on display, some believed to be as old as 2,000 years.

The 40 Days for Life’s spring campaign, which formally drew to a close on Good Friday, brought news of hope for the pro-life movement in Arizona.

Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares, accompanied by numerous priests and deacons, processed through the plaza in front of the downtown Diocesan Pastoral Center March 15 surrounded by clouds of billowing incense, en route to the Solemn Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Francis.

Recently a new type of scholarship has been developed by the Arizona Department of Education that allows students currently attending “failing” (“D” or “F”) public district or charter schools to transfer to private schools and receive funding to pay for tuition.