Category: LOCAL

Rosary Sunday poster contest winners get pizza with the bishop

Catholic students from across the Diocese of Phoenix submitted more than 3,000 entries to this year’s Rosary Sunday...

Keeping status quo for undocumented called ‘stain on soul of nation’

Passing comprehensive immigration reform is "a matter of great moral urgency that cannot wait any longer for action,"...

Students tip their hat to kindergartener with cancer

Students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel only slightly dressed up today. Their motive wasn’t candy, rather the...

‘Red, White and Blue’ Mass to honor veterans

Arizona is home to more than half a million veterans who comprise roughly 11 percent of the state’s...

Catholics mark 80th year of Scottsdale mission

Amid the art, specialty retail and dining that defines downtown Scottsdale sits a distinctively Catholic presence that connects...

Two earn Teacher of Year award among state’s private educators

Two Catholic school teachers earned top honors through the Arizona Council for American Private Education. Several others were...

St. James Parish reaches out to help students in Uganda

Friends and supporters of E3 Africa, an organization that helps students in Uganda obtain an education, listened in...

Bishop dedicates Blessed John Paul II Mausoleum

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted blessed and dedicated Blessed John Paul II Mausoleum Sept. 14 at Holy Redeemer Cemetery....

Marriage conference encourages couples

Hundreds of couples packed into Founders’ Hall at Xavier College Preparatory Sept. 28 for the first-ever marriage conference...

U.S. bishops honor director of Black Catholic Ministry

Long before making Arizona his permanent residence in 2000, Isaiah “Kit” Marshall grew up reading the adventures of...