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Though his principal feast is March 19, St. Joseph also is honored for his labors as a carpenter in providing for his family’s needs in Nazareth.

Every Sunday, thousands of homebound Catholics unable to physically attend church connect with their faith community through the televised Mass. Broadcast live from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral at 9 a.m. in English and pre-recorded and aired from St. Mary Parish in Chandler at 10:30 a.m. in Spanish, the weekly Mass brings the Gospel and God’s love to those who can’t leave home due to illness, age or infirmity.

Catherine was the 24th of 25 children of a Sienese dyer; her mystical experiences and raptures began at age 6.

Born near Milan, Italy, Gianna was one of 13 children in a deeply Catholic family. She wed Pietro Molla in 1955; they had three children while she continued to work as a physician.

At 100 years old, Bertha Bower's descendants don't quite equal her age, but it's getting up there: 82 descendants across four generations.

The community of Blessed Sacrament and the city of Tolleson it serves is now without a living piece of history.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sacrament of Baptism isn’t a good luck charm but a gift from God that enables Christians to overcome evil, Pope Francis said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Ordaining 16 men to the priesthood, Pope Francis urged them to be merciful with the people who approach them, especially in the confessional.

As CEO of the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce, he was a key player in executing the first PHX Night Market April 21-22.

They're similar parishes "going forth" into the future in different ways with an end result of making the complementary parishes more identical yet more complete as standalone campuses.