LOCAL NEWS

Saint Paul’s Outreach (SPO) announced today the appointment of David Fischer as their new President. The position was previously held by Gordon DeMarais, who founded the organization in 1985.

The Phoenix Fire Department’s Mission Statement pledges the agency will “protect lives and property” through its various roles and that its members will “prevent harm and survive.”

On Sept. 16, the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recognized 297 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022. Notre Dame Preparatory High School was one of four Arizona schools and one of 24 national private schools to earn this honor. 

"Without the Eucharist, Christians in Iraq cannot survive." These were the words uttered by Fr. Ragheed Ganni, a young Chaldean Catholic priest martyred in Mosul, Iraq, alongside three subdeacons in 2007. With his cause for beatification open, Fr. Ganni may soon be among those the Church calls “blessed.”

More than 150 teens and young adults from all over the diocese gathered on a recent September night for the first in-person event hosted by Cris Joven since 2019. 

Bishop John Dolan held his first presbyteral council meeting today at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in downtown Phoenix.

In some Catholic circles -- especially academic ones -- the term "apologetics" gets little, if any, respect. It's true that some efforts at apologetics are little more than Catholic fundamentalist attempts to prove "us" right and "them" wrong.

There was a time when Catholics would “hear” the Mass — they might show up to church and spend their time watching and listening to the priest.

As part of Bishop John P. Dolan’s efforts to better know the Diocese of Phoenix, one of his top priorities is to listen to parishioners, priests, deacons, religious, school leaders, students, and charitable partners over the next several months to better understand the needs and concerns of one of the fastest growing dioceses in the United States.

When I was in college, my mother put a pink Post-it Note on my door. It remained there even after I married and had a home of my own, for written on the note in blue pen was a reminder we both needed during that time of transition: A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.