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When Barb Nabours, a member of San Francisco de Asís Parish in Flagstaff, lost both her parents in a span of three short weeks, the outpouring of compassion she and her family received was a source of great consolation.

The 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Norcia in the early morning Oct. 30 and reduced the Basilica of St. Benedict, one of its most spiritually and historically significant churches, to rubble.

At a time prayer is desperately needed to address the world’s ills, organizers of the 41st annual Arizona Rosary Celebration hailed the event as the latest evidence that the Rosary continues to experience a resurgence among Catholics.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Defending religious freedom, fighting indifference to attacks on human dignity and promoting care of creation are obligations that Orthodox and Catholics share and areas where Pope Francis said he and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople are in deep harmony.

ANTHEM — As a way to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe and promote the pro-life cause, the Knights of Columbus Silver Rose, which passes from Canada through the U.S. and into Mexico, came through the Diocese of Phoenix Oct. 5-9.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines revived a "virtual cemetery," which was first launched in 2011, in time for this year's observance.

Catholic Athletes for Christ recruited the Illinois vocations director as a chaplain for the Cubs.

While still in high school, 50 Seton students proved themselves college-ready by taking an Advanced Placement course and excelling on its exam.

Following in the footsteps of St. Stephen, the Church’s first deacon and martyr, five men will be ordained to the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Phoenix.

The Oct. 30-Nov. 7 novena is designed to help U.S. Catholics 'study the proposals well, pray and choose with your conscience,' like Pope Francis said.