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Phoenix served as host site for the first USA West Jesuit Gathering at St. Francis Xavier Aug. 18. It celebrated reuniting two former provinces as one.

Bishop-elect Bill Wack, a one-time director of André House serving Maricopa County's Human Services Campus, will be ordained and installed a bishop for Pensacola-Tallahassee Aug. 22.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a week in which natural disasters, war and racial conflicts dominated the headlines, Pope Francis prayed that Mary would bring peace to a divided world.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When passing through the storm of life’s difficult moments, Christians must latch on to Christ and not the false sense of security offered by psychics and soothsayers, Pope Francis said.

The bisops called Sr. Ruth a "national hero of Pakistan" with her services for humanity "nothing less than a pure manifestation of God's divine love."

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s new exhibition, “Religion in Early America,” celebrates the free exercise of religion and the religious diversity that define American faith life.

MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) — Fifty years after he put himself between a wounded Marine and fatal enemy gunfire, the story of Maryknoll Father Vincent R. Capodanno’s faith and sacrifice is being retold in a new movie.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The ancient practice of orienting church buildings East to West — with the entrance facing West and the altar toward the East — was symbolic of the connection that exists between light and hope, Pope Francis said.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — While driving to work with his son, Eric Von Gay, Sr. noticed a homeless man walk out of his tent to look for food in the grass. That’s when Eric Gay, Jr. got the idea to “keep what Father Bill started.”