WYD pilgrims try to grasp the grimness of death at Auschwitz camps

"It's amazing (that) you're walking in the suffering. In the silence you hear the stumbling, the falling, the crying of the people," one pilgrim said.

U.S. Military Catholics attend Mass en route to World Youth Day

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio is in Poland this week for World Youth Day festivities alongside 20 pilgrims who are also on active duty with the military.

Jesuits’ MAGIS 2016 program draws young adults to Poland ahead of World Youth Day

A young adult from Scottsdale is among 2,000 pilgrims who completed "Ignatian Experiments" in culturally diverse groups among four countries.

Pilgrim groups prepare to bring witness to World Youth Day in Poland

Roughly 10 groups from the Diocese of Phoenix are among the untold numbers of Catholics making their way to Krakow, Poland.

Bishop John Pazak enthroned as fifth bishop of Phoenix Byzantine Eparchy

GLENDALE — In a liturgy packed with rich symbolism and ancient tradition, the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Eparchy of Phoenix celebrated the enthronement of Bishop John Pazak as its fifth bishop.

St. Mary Magdalene is reminder of need for adoration, cardinal says

Christians are called to be like St. Mary Magdalene, who adored Christ upon finding him, an action that has somewhat lost its meaning in the church.

Bishop calls World Youth Day pilgrims at sendoff Mass ‘living stones on which Christ...

From a spiritual and practical standpoint, the pilgrimage to Krakow, Poland was already underway even before the sendoff Mass began.

Seminarian ordained to transitional diaconate overcame huge odds, serves with joy

Dcn. Cicero was originally scheduled to be ordained alongside fellow seminarians Dcns. Tim Seavey and Daniel Cruz, but instead spent that day in the hospital, watching the ceremony as it streamed live.

Pope encourages Neocatechumenal Way to keep co-founder’s spirit alive

She co-founded the parish-based faith formation program in the 1960s as a way to deepen people's faith and evangelize those normally excluded by society.

Former Our Sunday Visitor publisher named CNS director, editor-in-chief

Greg Erlandson, former president and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor, has been named director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service, effective Sept. 12.