For professor, it’s time to talk about being gay and a faithful Catholic

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Delegates to the recent World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia packed a breakout session at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to hear Ron Belgau talk about his life as a self-professed celibate gay Catholic man who embraces Catholic teachings.

Synod surprises: Universal compassion, inaccurate coverage, couples say

Two couples attending the Synod of Bishops on the family brief the media at the Vatican about their experience observing the Synod of Bishops on the family, which is closed to the press.

Citing new rules, India’s Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work

The nuns decided on this voluntarily after the Missionaries of Charity headquarters in Kolkata was informed about complying with new guidelines that would allow nontraditional families to adopt children among other troublesome clauses.

Catholic students praying for community after NAU shooting tragedy

Students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff are in shock after a shooting on the campus left one of their fellow students dead and another three hospitalized.

Take a positive approach to families, synod members say

The first week of the Synod of Bishops on the family featured days of speeches and small group work followed by small group reports Oct. 9 that offered suggestions for improving the first chapter of the working document.

Bishop Olmsted challenges Catholics to be ‘missionaries of mercy’ in State of the Church...

This year the bishop zeroed in on who it is Christ calls the faithful to be.

A little vow goes a long way for seminarians in Rome

Dan Connealy, one of two seminarians from the Phoenix Diocese studying at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, was among 39 seminarians ordained to the diaconate Oct. 1 in Rome.

Benefit walk strengthens friendship with, outreach to poor

The eighth annual Friends of the Poor Walk brings together Catholics who support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and benefits the work its nearly 7,000 volunteers at 85 parish-based Vincentian conferences of charity carry out daily to support those in need.

Crosier, Chandler communities mourn loss of priest

Crosier Father Richard McGuire, who served at St. Andrew the Apostle parish in Chandler since 2005, died Sept. 30.

Community mourns loss of ‘cowboy priest,’ veteran chaplain

Fr. Kenneth Kleiber, who was known for his cowboy boots, his dedication to early weekday Masses in Glendale and his service to veterans living in Arizona, has died.