Fr. Peter Carota spent short time in Phoenix, but made big impact
Fr. Peter Carota, a priest from the Diocese of Stockton who served the Phoenix Roman and Latin Rite communities from 2013 to 2015 and was a visible pro-life warrior, died July 8.
Caballeros de Colón lanzan novena por la paz en respuesta a tiroteos en Estados...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (ACI/EWTN Noticias) — En respuesta a toda la violencia ocurrida en los Estados Unidos recientemente, como fue el tiroteo en Dallas que dejó cinco policías muertos, los Caballeros de Colón han lanzado una campaña exhortando a la población a unirse en una oración por la paz.
Syrian refugees, all Muslims, graduate from Caritas-run schools in Jordan
The graduates are among we 290 Syrian children — both boys and girls — in 20 schools supported by Caritas Jordan.
Pilgrims to take sharpened social media strategies to World Youth Day
Smartphones and tablets, and their improved video-capture and mobile-application media-sharing capabilities, are likely to make World Youth Day documented in a way that no other such event has been to date.
Pokémon Go: Getting people to Church since … Thursday
LINCOLN, Neb. (CNA) — “I caught one!” Someone screamed this outside of Fr. Ryan Kaup’s rectory window the other night, waking him up at 12:30 a.m. That’s because Fr. Kaup’s parish, Cristo Rey in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a “Pokéstop.”
Catholic response to domestic abuse, violence focus of two-day symposium
More than 350 participants from across the country registered for the event, which was designed for clergy and pastoral leaders who want to assist people harmed by domestic abuse and violence in their communities.
El Papa nombra a un italiano nuevo nuncio apostólico en México
VATICANO (ACI) — El Papa Francisco ha nombrado como nuevo nuncio apostólico en México a Arzobispo Franco Coppola, arzobispo titular de Vinda, hasta ahora nuncio apostólica en la República Centroafricana y en el Chad.
USCCB president says violence calls for ‘moment of national reflection’
The shooting of police officers July 7 near the end of a demonstration in Dallas against fatal shootings by police officers in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis earlier in the week "calls us to a moment of national reflection," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Baton Rouge bishop urges community not to give in to anger, fear
Bishop Robert W. Muench of Baton Rouge is urging the local community to be "ministers of healing to a hurting world" while protests are taking place about the police shooting of a black man outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge July 5.
We must pray to protect freedom to practice our faith, says Bishop Nevares at...
Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares thanked the faithful for standing together and praying for religious freedom during an Independence Day Mass at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, a celebration that, followed by the Rosary for the United States of America, closed out local observances of the fifth annual national Fortnight for Freedom.
