Priest says hitching ride on popemobile was invite to hit road for God
When Father Fabian Baez booked his trip to Rome, he didn't have an appointment to meet with the pope, so he gave himself ample time in the Eternal City to be able to arrange some way to see him.
Vera Bella program offers Biblical-based virtue formation for Catholic girls
Though still in its infancy, a Catholic formation and fellowship program for girls is already bearing virtuous fruit.
Catholic agencies’ advance plans keep services going in nasty weather
With a huge swath of the United States — from the upper Midwest to the Atlantic Seaboard — alternating between one-two punches of cold snaps and snowstorms, everybody's talking about the weather.
Catholic service providers are also doing something about the increased need for emergency services that such weather brings.
Catholic radio station aimed at Spanish-speakers celebrates anniversary
The Valley’s first Catholic radio station in Spanish, En Familia 740 AM, is celebrating its first anniversary Jan. 15-22.
New scholarships to help first generation Latino students at local Catholic universities
Two local Catholic universities have established the first local scholarship fund for Catholic higher education in Phoenix.
Guard faith with ‘spiritual cunning,’ says pope
The pope made the remarks at a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Jan. 6 on the feast of the Epiphany, which marks the manifestation of Jesus as savior to the world.
In his homily, the pope said that life is a journey, and like the three Wise Men, or Magi, people are looking for the "fullness of truth and of love which we Christians recognize in Jesus, the light of the world."
Mass to pray for migrants who died in Arizona’s desert
A Jan. 11 Mass at St. Timothy Parish in Mesa is being held to pray for the repose of the souls of 750 unidentified migrants who died in Arizona’s Sonora Desert between 2001 and 2013.
True faith is driven by zeal to change world with God’s love, pope says
True faith is marked by the daring desire to change the world with the loving heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said as he celebrated the feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the Church of the Gesu, the Jesuits' main church in Rome Jan. 3. The Mass was also a celebration of thanksgiving for the recent canonization of St. Peter Faber, a founding member of the Society of Jesus and the first of the Jesuits to be ordained a priest.
Courts give some last-minute relief from HHS contraceptive mandate
In the midst of their New Year's Eve celebration with low-income elderly residents, the Baltimore-based Little Sisters of the Poor learned that the Supreme Court issued an injunction temporarily protecting them from the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.
Photographer captures final stages of abandoned churches, factories
Philadelphia photographer Matthew Christopher strongly believes in restoring abandoned buildings, but says if a structure is going to be demolished, it should at least be documented.
