NEWS BRIEF: Faithful honor Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, at Arizona Rosary Celebration
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...
Thousands of children will meet with Pope Francis to share their dreams
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."
Jerusalem cardinal offers himself in exchange for Israeli hostages
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.
A Story of God’s Provision: St. Peter Indian Mission Opens First High School on...
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...
The Matthew 19:14 Project hires new development coordinator
PHOENIX – The Matthew 19:14 Project., a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide Catholic schools in Arizona with the funding, support and resources...
NEWS BRIEF: Diocese of Phoenix Tax Credit Month Continues
Four Catholic Tax Credit Organizations are continuing their visits to parishes across the Diocese of Phoenix in October to raise awareness and educate taxpayers on their ability to redirect their taxes to the charitable causes of their choice. Catholic Charities Community Services, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, FSL (Foundation for Senior Living), and Catholic Education Arizona are sharing how their organizations change lives using Arizona Tax Credits.
As death toll in Israel mounts, Catholic pilgrims from Phoenix make their way home
As the death toll in Israel continues to rise, surpassing 1,200 as of Tuesday evening, Fr. Craig Friedley, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Queen Creek, is now back home unharmed after a harrowing few days abroad. He and a group of about 20 parishioners, along with dozens of travelers from other parishes in the Diocese of Phoenix, had just begun their tour of the Holy Land when war broke out.
NEWS BRIEF: Diocese of Phoenix hosts annual Sante Fe Province meetings
SCOTTSDALE - - The Diocese of Phoenix is hosting the annual Province of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe meetings this week at the Franciscan Renewal Center. Bishop John P. Dolan and Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares of the Diocese of Phoenix were among a group of six bishops at the gathering that began on Tuesday afternoon.
The Cursillo Movement ignites laity’s relationship with Christ and each other
Tom McGuire has a front row seat to seeing the Holy Spirit at work. As the Director of Mount Claret Retreat Center for the...
War defeats human dignity, avoids finding solution, Vatican cardinal says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Terrorism, violence, barbarism and extremism undermine the legitimate aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. "War is always the defeat of dignity and an occasion for not reaching any solution," he said, hoping that all weapons would be silenced and reason prevail so that there can be pause to reflect on the right way to achieve peace in Israel and Palestine.