Back-to-school homework for students includes preparing to meet pope
Two dozen students across four Catholic elementary schools received a summer phone call from their principal with shocking news for them and their parents.
University of Mary – Tempe welcomes teens to campus for ‘Summer Institute’
With 80 percent of Catholic youth leaving their faith by age 23, the need for Catholic education during the college years has never been more pressing.
Court grants visitation rights to father of Pakistani woman on death row
Authorities had repeatedly blocked a father from the prison following his daughter's 2012 conviction for blasphemy.
Judge orders release of immigrant families within 60 days
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A federal judge Aug. 21 gave the Obama administration 60 days — until Oct. 23 — to release the hundreds of immigrant mothers and children being held in locked detention centers. Central California District Court Judge Dolly Gee reiterated her order of a month earlier, in which she said a long-standing court settlement over treatment of juveniles in immigration custody is violated by the government’s policy of detaining mothers and children while they pursue asylum or other ways of remaining in the country.
Newman Centers: NAU ‘Catholic Jacks’ inspire faith
When students enter college, they enjoy the opportunity to seek new experiences, develop new friends, and establish their own values.
Newman Centers: ASU Newman Center launches ‘Catholicism 101’
Arizona State University, with an enrollment that tops 60,000 students, is fertile ground for the New Evangelization and continuing spiritual formation.
Pope urges visitors to really get to know Jesus by reading Gospels
Pope Francis asked thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to be quiet for a moment and ponder the question, "Who is Jesus to you?"
‘Blessings and Beers’ event highlights diocesan support in North Deanery
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted shared his mission with a gathering of 143 faithful from the North Deanery at the annual Blessings and Beers event held in Flagstaff Aug. 8.
Little Sisters get temporary relief while Supreme Court mulls taking case
The Little Sisters of the Poor have received temporary protection from the federal contraception mandate until the Supreme Court decides whether or not it will hear their case. On Aug. 21, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Little Sisters will not be subject the to mandate’s requirements or the fines associated with resisting it. The court order lasts until the Supreme Court announces whether it will take up the sisters’ appeal. If the Court agrees to hear the case, the protection from the mandate will last until it issues a final ruling.
