The Catholic Sun

While other professional sport franchises or leagues have seemingly chosen to forgo the presence of God and prayer before play, motorsports are one of few sports entities to ceremonially open their events with prayer.  NASCAR continues their long-standing tradition of leading prayer before each race, keeping God at the center of their sport. 

The Very Reverend Fr. Peter Boutros, pastor of St. John of the Desert Melkite Catholic Church, has a word of caution for those who might be glued to the news emanating from Israel as the crisis in the Middle East deepens. “We need to start looking at things a little bit more, look at the depth of things, not just lump everybody together,” Fr. Boutros said.

Catholic Cemeteries and Funeral Homes has announced the promotion of Harry Antram to the position of President and CEO of the Diocese of Phoenix...

Bishop John Dolan launched a first-ever monthly video series titled "A Seat at the Table" on Tuesday afternoon.  The program was livestreamed from the Diocesan Pastoral Center's downtown Phoenix studios on the diocese's Facebook page and YouTube channel.

The Diocese of Phoenix would like to thank Notre Dame Federal Credit Union (NDFCU) as a Guardian of Hope for this years’ Night of...

Bishop John Dolan installed Fr. John Muir as pastor of St. Mary’s Basilica parish in downtown Phoenix on Sunday, becoming the fifth rector in the storied history of the church. Fr. Muir, who was ordained a priest in 2007, also serves as moderator of the curia and vicar general for the Diocese of Phoenix.  He was previously the pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Avondale for seven years before joining the Diocesan Pastoral Center in his current role in January of 2023.  A native of South Burlington, Vt., Fr. Mui moved with his family to Arizona in 1989 and later graduated from Arcadia High School where he was a multi-sport athlete and musician.

More than 2,000 participants united their voices to pray the rosary at the 48th annual Arizona Rosary Celebration at the Phoenix Convention Center on...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Thousands of children from Italy and many others representing other parts of the world will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican Nov. 6 to express their hopes, dreams and questions. "It will be a meeting to show the dream we all have: to go back to having the pure sentiments of children, because the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like children," the pope had said Oct. 1 when he announced the initiative called, "Let us learn from boys and girls."

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's highest ranking prelate in the Holy Land offered his "absolute availability" to be exchanged for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, told reporters during an online meeting Oct. 16 that he is willing to do "anything" to "bring to freedom and bring home the children" taken into Gaza during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, in which more than 1,300 Israelis were killed. The Israeli military said Oct. 16 that some 200 people, including children and elderly persons, are being held hostage.

Story courtesy of the Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit. St. Peter’s Indian Mission School in Bapchule, Ariz., is an oasis in the desert on...