Night of Hope rallies support for diocesan Catholic schools
Supporters, alumni and educators came together to celebrate and sustain Catholic education at the fifth annual Night of Hope.
Schools throughout the Diocese of Phoenix...
Thousands gather to honor Blessed Virgin Mary in Arizona Rosary Celebration
More than 5,000 Catholics descended on the Phoenix Convention Center Oct. 21 for the annual Arizona Rosary Celebration, now in its 37th year in...
Bioethics Defense Fund to honor local physician
The Bioethics Defense Fund, a public-interest law firm that advocates on behalf of the protection of human life, will honor local physician Marciela Moffitt...
Survivor of Rwandan genocide tells story of forgiveness
CHANDLER — Immaculee Ilibagiza, who survived the 1994 genocide in Rwanada that took the lives of nearly a million people, including nearly every member...
Center for pregnant women offers alternative to abortion
A day after its 40 year anniversary, 1st Way Pregnancy Support Center announced it would be moving its operations from the pink house on...
Rally focuses on religious freedoms at stake, HHS mandate
Hundreds of Catholics and others concerned about attacks on religious liberties gathered Oct. 20 in front of the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Court Building...
Churches set to honor veterans with Mass, outreach
Local Catholics are again planning ways to honor veterans of all ages this November for their faithful service to the United States.
St. Jude Hospice gains Catholic approval from Diocese of Phoenix
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has granted St. Jude Hospice based in Clive, Iowa permission to identify itself as a Catholic institution. The organization delivers hospice care in Arizona, California and a smattering of Midwest states.
Catholic Cemeteries provide for unborn
To his mother and father, Adrian was their fifth child, their third who they hoped would live with them on earth. To the rest of the family and the cemetery that buried him, he was a baby.
The Eucharist: Source and summit of the faith
From its earliest days, the Church has taught that Jesus Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that the Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life,” containing “the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch.”