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When it comes to ministry, Jesus is hands on. 

Bishop John Dolan continued his tour of high schools in the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix today as part of his “Listening Tour,” visiting St. Mary's High School in Phoenix. In addition to meeting with students, faculty, and staff, he celebrated Mass with the student body and toured the campus.

A new year and a new look to Arizona’s government met with over a half-century of tradition in the Diocese of Phoenix this month.

Following an African tradition in which community members bring baskets of food and other material goods to the altar during the offertory, student representatives from Catholic schools throughout the diocese carried donations of non-perishable foods to be donated to St. Josephine Bakhita Mission Parish’s food pantry during the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Mass Jan. 14.

A rabbi, a priest and a Muslim walk into a diocesan building on a Sunday morning.

Roman Catholics around the globe are mourning the loss of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who passed away in Rome today at the age of 95. A native of Germany, Benedict served as the pope of the Catholic Church for over seven years (2005 to 2013), before announcing his resignation on February 28, 2013, becoming the first pope in almost 600 years to resign from the papacy. He was the 265th pope in the 2,000-plus year history of the Church. 

The Most Reverend John P. Dolan was ordained a priest for the Diocese of San Diego, Calif., July 1, 1989. He was ­installed as...

On Saturday, December 24, Bishop Dolan celebrated the Christmas Eve evening Mass in Spanish at St. Mary's Parish in Chandler and the Christmas Eve midnight Mass at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral in Phoenix.

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The phone rings inside the red brick building on the campus of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral in North Phoenix. Peg Lanphear answers.