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Phoenix police announced hours before the requiem Mass for Fr. Kenneth Walker that they have a suspect in custody for the murder of Fr. Walker and assault on Fr. Terra.

They’re the newest class of disciples and they’re more than five times the size of Jesus’ crew. They’re ready to share, and when necessary, defend the faith. Their studies culminated during a graduation Mass at St. Mary’s Basilica in Phoenix following two years of 14 rotating undergraduate level courses that were “both content-oriented and deeply personal.”

Portland Archbishop Alexander K. Sample confirmed one of Oregon's most infamous prisoners May 28 in a heavily guarded private ceremony in the maximum security prison in Salem.

It looked like any other military parade with bands playing, flags waving and thousands of men and women marching in colorful uniforms decorated with medals and ribbons. But instead of impressive displays of tanks and trucks, troops from dozens of nations fell in line behind religious banners, a large wooden cross and a rose-strewn statue of Mary.

For veterans and their families, Memorial Day’s true purpose is clear: it’s a day to honor those who have died serving their country in the armed forces.

Growing up in the shadow of the Nazis' Treblinka concentration camp, in northeastern Poland, Fr. Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, now 37, would listen to his grandfather's account of his eight-month imprisonment there and how he contracted typhus under inhumane conditions.

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The often silent plight of sexually abused children, victims of domestic violence, prisoners, the abandoned elderly, the unemployed and immigrants facing hostility will be given a powerful voice during the Stations of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum April 18.

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that said a New Mexico photographer violated the state's human rights law by refusing to photograph a commitment ceremony for a same-sex couple.

Advocates attending the National Poverty Summit pledged to reframe how Americans see their poor neighbors and to work to build stronger relationships across economic classes.