‘Dad-vocate’ for Down syndrome children offers powerful pro-life example
Down syndrome babies are being identified, targeted and terminated in a form of prenatal genocide due to prenatal testing.
All hymns, all the time: ‘Great Catholic Music’ makes streaming debut
What constitutes "heavy rotation" is 100 or so "songs we've been singing for decades. The program director also embraces publishers approaching him with demos of up-and-coming artists.
Msgr. Michael O’Grady, retired rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, dies at 85
Msgr. Michael O’Grady, retired rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, passed way in his sleep July 13 in his native Ireland. The monsignor was among the “Foreign-Born Irish,” or “FBI” priests that had been in the Diocese of Phoenix from the beginning.
Love of God, love of neighbor are tied together, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Praying that Catholics would understand and act on “the inseparable bond” between love of God and love of neighbor, Pope Francis again appealed for a solution to the crisis in Venezuela.
Vincentians launch prayer campaign
“Let us always pray for one another.” Those were among the first words Pope Francis ever shared and exemplified from the papal balcony. They’re also similar to verbiage now floating among the vast community associated with Phoenix’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
‘She came and prayed asking St. Sharbel to cure her’
The Monday of Jan. 18, 2016 was not just your ordinary day in Phoenix. It is a day that will always be remembered as the day that Dafne Gutiérrez, a young blind Hispanic woman and mother of four children, got her vision restored to normal through the intercession of St. Sharbel.
Local leadership program expands to Los Angeles
A two-year program created to develop Catholic leaders within the professional world is expanding beyond the Diocese of Phoenix in a move that reflects the success and popularity of the still relatively young initiative.
Pro-life women deliver semi-truck full of supplies, $72,000 to border
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (CNA) — The heat index in McAllen, Texas was 125 degrees on Saturday, but that did not stop members of the pro-life movement from delivering a semi-truck full of supplies and thousands of dollars in aid to respite centers at the border of the United States and Mexico.
New Natural Family Planning coordinator comes to new role ‘quite naturally’
You might say Adriana Vasquez came to her calling as an advocate of Natural Family Planning quite naturally. The new NFP coordinator for the Diocese of Phoenix has parents who taught NFP well into their 70s.
Astronauts found God in space
I didn’t realize there was a moon-landing Bible verse until my pastor mentioned it a few weeks ago. It seems that while returning from...
