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When Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza and former owner of the Detroit Tigers turned 50, he could no longer belong to the Young President’s Organization. That’s when the Catholic businessman decided to found Legatus, an organization geared toward corporate executives and their spouses

His leadership helped bring down the Soviet Union. He forgave the man who tried to kill him. He traveled the world and wrote 14 encyclicals. Throughout his 27-year papacy, St. John Paul inspired millions.

A new preschool building in east Phoenix blessed and dedicated on the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux not only bears her namesake, but serves to emulate her “little way” of spiritual childhood.

Outfielders in wheelchairs raced to get him out while the crowd cheered Turner to third base. Once he crossed home plate on the Dan Haren Miracle League Field, a baseball stadium in northeast Scottsdale, Adam Turner was the star in a field of dreams.

Off the beaten path in Yarnell, Ariz., is a tourist attraction that for more than 75 years has consoled, inspired, celebrated and mourned with visitors traveling through the old mining town. belongs to no one and to everyone. The Shrine of St. Joseph of the Mountains belongs to no one and to everyone. And today it needs anyone, anyone who can donate money to help with numerous repairs on the property. Anyone with carpentry skills to build furniture and structures lost in a fire.

Clients at the Foundation for Senior Living’s Tempe Adult Day Health Center get a lesson in strengthening and fall prevention July 3. Millions of elderly adults fall each year, often leading to fractures and other trauma. FSL has three adult day health centers in the Valley where seniors and the disabled receive care.

Tom Perna loves school, but he wasn’t always like that. His blog posts, “Mondays with Mary,” teach Catholics about the Blessed Virgin Mary. A former...

Paul Mulligan, who led Catholic Education Arizona in its mission to provide tuition assistance for Catholic school families, recently became the new CEO of Catholic Charities Community Services.

As Veterans’ Day approaches, Church leaders are planning ways to honor veterans and actively serving military, but they’re also developing ways to ensure veterans experience the spiritual healing that eludes many.

In Phoenix, Catholics have embraced the growing community of Christians who have fled the ongoing violence and persecution in Iraq.