Questions and Answers: On being dismissed from the clerical state
Does dismissal from the clerical state have the same meaning as “laicization”?
Our Faith: Priestly Celibacy: Learning the Catholic discipline
In what continues to be a paradox in an immoral society, celibacy in the Roman Catholic priesthood is not a doctrine of the Church, but a discipline.
Hearing focuses on proposal to ban abortion past 20 weeks of pregnancy
The fetal nervous system and brain structures that communicate pain are already in place by the 18th week of gestation, a neurobiologist from Utah told a congressional hearing May 23.
New Iraqi patriarch pledges dialogue, warns against emigration
The new patriarch of Chaldean Catholics pledged to foster coexistence and dialogue and urged Christian Iraqis not to leave their homeland, warning that if emigration continues, "there will be no more Christians in the Middle East."
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in U.S. makes history with two ordinations
It likely won't be long until Fr. Philip becomes a "biritual" priest, credentialed to celebrate liturgies in both the Syro-Malabar and Roman rites. In fact, his second Mass of thanksgiving following ordination was a Latin-rite Mass, for which he gained permission.
Lent: Why we fast and offer acts of penance
The 40 days that stretch between Ash Wednesday and the onset of the Easter Triduum on Holy Thursday are set aside each year as a way for the faithful to draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, almsgiving and acts of penance.
Cristero War took her father but strengthened her faith, says woman
LOS ANGELES — As she shut off the garden hose and set it next to her recently planted flowers, Maria Meza greeted a visitor.
"Yes,...
Life Teen conference draws hundreds
What do you get when you bring hundreds of youth ministers from around the world together for an inspiring four-day conference in the Valley of the Sun? The answer: 700 people on their knees in adoration beholding Jesus, the Lamb of God.
Christmas season calls families to holiness
Novenas, posadas, pageants and Nativities are just some of the ways Catholics around the Diocese of Phoenix are preparing for the Christmas season.
Wake up the World: Q&A with Sr. Maria Silva, OP
Sr. Maria Silva began working for a car dealership in the Bronx right out of high school. She was working her way through Fordham and studying to be a psychologist, hoping for a lucrative career. Instead, she became the youngest chief financial officer for the dealership at 23. In spite of great financial success, she felt drawn to the religious life.
