Pro-lifers say Wen’s firing shows abortion is Planned Parenthood priority
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Following the news Dr. Leana Wen was fired by Planned Parenthood as its president, several pro-life leaders remarked that the organization was upset the physician had emphasized the need to expand Planned Parenthood services beyond abortion.
Good Friday Rosary at Planned Parenthood draws 350 to pray, defend life
GLENDALE ― As the faithful across the Diocese of Phoenix called to mind the suffering endured by Christ on the day of His crucifixion, hundreds gathered for the annual Good Friday Rosary outside a local Planned Parenthood. Glendale police estimated the crowd at 350.
‘Christ Our Hope: In Every Season of Life’ is Respect Life Month theme
The church's teaching on the value and inviolability of every human life remains an indispensable source of truth for all people," Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann said.
Holocaust is ‘an archetype’ of man’s capacity for evil, says archbishop
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — The anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland, is “a solemn and mournful opportunity to reflect upon man’s capacity for evil,” said Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Church leaders offer prayers, Mexicans pitch in after earthquake
The tremor has claimed more than 240 lives so far — including at least 20 children trapped in a collapsed school.
Tens of thousands watch livestream Mass, prayer to Our Lady of La Vang
HUE, Vietnam (CNS) — Tens of thousands of Vietnamese Catholics took part in a special online Mass and prayed to Our Lady of La Vang for their nation and the world to soon overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.
Homeless man of deep faith given funeral, burial in Vatican City
A homeless man who faithfully attended Mass at a church inside Vatican City for decades was buried in a Vatican cemetery after it was discovered he had died and was left unidentified in a hospital morgue.
Indian Salesian abducted in Yemen freed
"We never abandoned the hope that one day Fr. Tom would be released," the superior general of the Missionaries of Charity said. The priest was their chaplain before his kidnapping 18 months ago.
Nazareth House insider: What the young seminarian trailblazers can expect
Five young men are the first seminarians in the Diocese of Phoenix’s 50-year history to begin seminary life within diocesan boundaries.
Annual event honors diocesan patroness
When Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to St. Juan Diego in 1531, she bridged two cultures. Now, nearly 500 years later, she continues to do the same as the patroness of the Diocese of Phoenix.
