Texas author’s book a ‘love letter’ to Paris cathedral, the French people
He's Texan, but has lived all over France. His book is a love letter for the French and people of any faith whose heart ached to see the cathedral burn.
Final public Mass, tears mark closing of Poor Clare monastery in Memphis
Franciscan sisters have prayed there for 87 years. The four remaining sisters will transfer to two other Poor Clare communities.
Pew survey shows majority of Catholics don’t believe in ‘Real Presence’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.
Ready or not, here they come!
Welcome to a new school year! I am proud to report that our Catholic schools are ready, willing and able to embrace the new academic school year.
Lake Havasu City school expands ahead of schedule as Our Lady of the Lake’s...
Staff planned to add one grade per year until it emerged as a PS-8 campus, but demand defined reality differently.
In sign of Marian devotion, 60 parishioners enrolled in Brown Scapular
GILBERT — More than 60 faithful were enrolled in the Confraternity of the Brown Scapular July 16, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, at St. Anne Parish in Gilbert.
Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and instead be drawn to God and His greatness, Pope Francis said.
Undercover Priest
Taking priesthood to the next level, was this Valley priest’s idea of an extreme Lenten makeover this past spring.
DC archbishop: ‘You cannot be a Catholic and sit on the sidelines’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a crowded bar, bustling with young adult Catholics from the Washington area for the monthly Theology on Tap, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory shared his pain over what this archdiocese suffered in the past year due to priestly abuse scandals and encouraged the young adults to turn to the Eucharist as a source of healing.
Ground broken for new St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine in Diocese of Gallup
GALLUP, N.M. (CNS) — The rosary walk at a new shrine to be built in the Gallup Diocese to honor St. Kateri Tekakwitha “will imitate” the life and example of the Native American saint, popularly known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” said Gallup Bishop James S. Wall, who had formerly been a priest of the Diocese of Phoenix.
