Principal, whose career spanned four local elementary schools, retires
After 45 years in education, including 15 of the last 25 as principal in the Diocese of Phoenix, Mary Frances Malinoski retired June 3.
El Obispo Olmsted ordena a tres hombres al diaconado transicional
Tres seminaristas de Phoenix están a un paso formal del sacerdocio después de su ordenación al diaconado que tomó lugar el 31 de mayo.
Abortion number, rate both down, says ‘State of Abortion’ report
The number of abortions, which had peaked at about 1.6 million in 1989, is now down to 1 million, but those performed at Planned Parenthood clinics is up 250 percent in the same time period.
NFP invites couples to special St. Gerard’s Mass
Infertility is often a quiet struggle, but one in which the Church reaches out in mercy to be a "very tender extension of Our Lord’s hands and heart."
U.S. bishop remembers Martin Luther King at Vatican development meeting
"The racial divide in the United States and, sadly, in the Catholic Church in the United States is not something of the past. It is very much something of the present," the bishop said.
Vatican inaugurates new homeless shelter for men
Housed in a Jesuit-owned building, the "Gift of Mercy" shelter was created by and is run with funds from the papal almoner, who has taken a variety of initiatives to assist the homeless people in the area surrounding the Vatican.
Pope says respect for religion should limit freedom of expression
Commenting on recent killings by Islamist terrorists at a Paris newspaper, Pope Francis condemned killing in the name of God, but said freedom of expression should be limited by respect for religion and that mockery of faith can be expected to provoke violence.
With record-high temperatures, volunteers help keep the vulnerable safe
St. Vincent de Paul and a local TV station teamed up to launch the "Be a Summer Action Hero" campaign encouraging people to hold food and water drives and volunteer or give to the society's summer relief efforts.
Catholic University’s president urges ‘zeal’ in defending religious liberty
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CNS) — A pharmacy in Olympia, Washington, loses its court challenge to a state law requiring the owners to violate their religious beliefs by supplying emergency contraceptives.
Pope entrusts to Mary victims of disasters, conflict, social tension
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a week in which natural disasters, war and racial conflicts dominated the headlines, Pope Francis prayed that Mary would bring peace to a divided world.
