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In Syracuse, the sisters concentrate on offering support for older teens and adults with intellectual disabilities who, when they were of school age, were not able to receive certain sacraments.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Community of Sant'Egidio's founding, Pope Francis urged its members to continue to safeguard the poor, the elderly, the young and the excluded.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Though Church authorities in El Salvador said they would wait to give more details of a Vatican-approved miracle that has cleared the way for the canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero, a Salvadoran newspaper March 8 published an account of a 35-year-old woman who said her husband’s prayer asking for the intercession of Blessed Romero saved her life.

GILBERT — The East Valley chapter of the Serra Club, the only lay organization whose mission is promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life, is praying a traveling crucifix will help address the ongoing shortage of such men and women.

Bringing a background in literary themes and devices with him to the papacy five years ago, the pope has shown himself to be a master of metaphor and allegory.

For many diocesan and private Catholic school leaders, balancing student advocacy and safety was a critical decision not made lightly.

How the observance looked in the Diocese of Phoenix and across the country, including a few elementary schools.

This California girl may have ranked among the nation’s longest-serving sisters. She spent time at three diocesan schools and a fourth in Tucson.

With a six-time school champ in an Aerospace Challenge and the 10th annual Girls Have IT Day today, Catholic schools do their part to promote STEAM, especially to girls.

ST. GEORGE, Utah — As our tour bus rolled out of the still mostly darkened parking lot of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted told us to “be prepared for whatever God has to show you.”