The Catholic Sun

SCOTTSDALE — Top-ranking Catholic business leaders spent three days at the Phoenician strengthening each other in their resolve to remain authentically Catholic in the marketplace.

The third annual Phoenix Catholic Women’s Conference is aptly themed “Women Walking in Faith.” The double meaning refers not just to the Year of Faith, but to how key conference speakers have embraced life’s tragedies and triumphs. They will address Catholic women from across the state during the conference March 16 at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish in Scottsdale.

Change is constant, especially for pregnant women. New mothers who come to Maggie’s Place can stay for up to 15 months — the full nine...

The value of Catholic education in a school or religious education program is invaluable to parents who want their children to receive effective instruction in the faith.

The bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference have endorsed Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid plan, joining a coalition of health advocates and business leaders who...

A teacher spotted Mike Shanks’ extraordinary artistic ability when the St. Thomas the Apostle parishioner was in eighth grade. “What you have, it’s not normal,” the photography instructor told him.

A three-phase construction project calls for additional parking, a sports complex and a performing arts center.

Parrots may squawk in the Vatican Gardens during a conclave, but the cardinals are not allowed to tweet. For most of the 117 red-vested princes of the church who are eligible to vote for a new pope, Twitter isn't an issue at all. But the College of Cardinals does include at least nine active tweeters.

The current staff of the papal apartments, including Archbishop Georg Ganswein, will accompany Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo when he leaves office Feb. 28, the Vatican spokesman said.

For a Catholic so aware of the importance of tradition, even traditions with a small "t," Pope Benedict XVI had to know he was setting a precedent by resigning.