Sr. Mary Ruth Dittman, SDS (1924-2018): Comforted struggling newborns, their parents, among others
Sr. Mary Ruth Dittman, SDS, spent her retirement years in the Diocese of Phoenix, but couldn’t resist the call to continue sharing her NCIU nursing skills.
Pope: Abuse victims’ outcry more powerful than efforts to silence them
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “No effort must be spared” to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and “to prevent the possibility of their being covered up,” Pope Francis said in a letter addressed “to the people of God.”
Louisiana university to be a hub for causes of African-American Catholics
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, announced July 31 that the university and its Institute for Black Catholic Studies will become the new hub for the advancement of sainthood causes of African-American Catholics.
Former presidential candidate John McCain, who represented Arizona for 35 years, dies at 81
U.S. Senator John McCain from Arizona passed away earlier today, Aug. 25. The former 2008 Republican presidential nominee represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate since 1987.
Pope greets Irish people via video ahead of visit, to meet with abuse survivors
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As he prepared to travel to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families, Pope Francis said he hoped his visit would “remind us all of the essential place of the family in the life of society and in the building of a better future for today’s young people.”
Slovak teen to be beatified as martyr to purity
OXFORD, England (CNS) — A 16-year-old peasant girl will be beatified as a martyr in Slovakia, seven decades after she was shot in front of her family for resisting rape by a drunken Soviet soldier.
Pope: God’s name is revealed through authentic faith, not hypocrisy
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The power of God’s name is manifested in the lives of people who live their faith in an authentic way, while it is taken in vain by those who live in hypocrisy, Pope Francis said.
Plucky priests prevail in persistent pace to part with prize … again
The Fourth Annual John Paul II Classic pitted the Church Fathers — priests of the Phoenix Diocese — against the more youthful Phoenix Sons — seminarians decked out in orange jerseys.
Celebrate marriage, psychologist couple says
Nate and Jill Verschaetse, a psychotherapist and a licensed clinical psychologist, respectively, have engaged in clinical work including therapy with adults, children, couples and families.
Supreme Knight calls for ‘full accounting of misdeeds’ that have led to scandal
WASHINGTON (CNS) — After years of Catholics having to confess their sins to the clergy, it is now time for priests and bishops “to come clean about what they have done and what they have failed to do,” the CEO of the Knights of Columbus said in a letter to his brother Knights and the organization’s chaplains.
