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.”
St. John Paul II High School set to bring a new opportunity for Catholic...
Veronica Esparza, whose son attended public school because the family could not fit a drive to central Phoenix into their schedule, will now be able to send her daughter, Thalia, 14, to the new St. John Paul II Catholic High School for her freshman year after attending elementary school at their home parish of St. John Vianney in Goodyear.
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.
Phoenix bishops call for days of prayer, fasting in response to abuse
In the aftermath of revelations surrounding Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick and the newly released grand jury report on six Pennsylvania dioceses, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares called for a day of fasting and prayer Aug. 22, the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Aug. 22, the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.
USCCB President explains plan to address ‘moral catastrophe’ of abuse
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Aug. 16 announced three key goals and a comprehensive plan to address the “moral catastrophe” of the new abuse scandal hitting the U.S. Church.
Bishops ‘shamed’ by ‘sins, omissions’ of priests, bishops leading to abuse
The prelates' joint statement was issued in response to the release the same day of a grand jury report based on a months-long investigation into sexual abuse claims in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
‘It’s (another) boy’ for Maggie’s Place, but first partnership with Catholic Charities
The Gerard House opened Aug. 1 in Phoenix’s Sunnyslope area as the third “boy” in the Maggie’s Place family, but with some easily distinguishable features.
USCCB national pro-life conference calls leaders to be missionary disciples
More than 100 diocesan, state and national pro-life leaders from across the U.S. networked in Phoenix this summer.
African priests strengthen U.S. church
Thirty African priests — among them 13 from various orders — are spread out in parishes throughout the Diocese of Phoenix alone with others filling priest shortages in the church nationwide.
Back to school season brings double dose of ‘firsts’ for Our Lady of the...
Campus leaders plan to add one grade level each year until the current first-graders enter eighth grade.
