Benedictine University celebrates historic opening at Mesa campus
MESA — Catholic and civil leaders applauded the opening of the state’s newest four-year university today. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted joined city leaders and presidents of both Benedictine University campuses for a ceremonial ribbon cutting Aug. 27 outside of Gillett Hall, 225 E. Main Street.
Pope denounces ‘multiplication of massacres,’ atrocities in Syria
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called again for an end to the fighting in Syria, denouncing the "multiplication of massacres and atrocious acts,"...
Tom Booth to lead year-long ‘In Presenza Di’
Tom Booth, a long-time music composer and Arizona Catholic, will lead a series of mid-week gatherings for adults focused on Eucharistic adoration. "In Presenza...
Local pilgrims offer final reflection on World Youth Day
Today marks one month since Pope Francis addressed native Argentines — including local Catholics — while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for World Youth Day festivities. The Catholic Sun recently caught up with a sibling duo who, through family connections, counted themselves among the 4,000 admitted to the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian.
Issues that prompted March on Washington not yet solved, bishops say
The issues that prompted the March on Washington 50 years ago have yet to be fully solved, said a 50th anniversary statement on the march issued by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church.
Students return to school across diocese
Thousands of students stepped back into the classroom this week with most of the diocese’s 29 elementary schools starting a new year Aug. 21....
Pro-life advocates encouraged by legislative successes on abortion
With the recent success of abortion-related legislation at the state and federal levels, is the end in sight for pro-life supporters?
Priest with Vatican, Phoenix ties to share Church’s wisdom in Scottsdale
Fr. Robert Dodaro, OSA, president of the Patristic Institute and Professor of Patristic Theology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and consultor for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is vacationing in the Valley and agreed to give two separate talks open to the public. His talks are 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26-27 at St. Daniel the Prophet Parish, 1030 N. Hayden Road in Scottsdale
NCR receives major grant to pursue global coverage of women religious
The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co. has received a $2.3 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to be given over a three-year period, which will allow NCR to pursue "a groundbreaking project to give greater voice to countless of Catholic sisters around the globe," the company said in an Aug. 22 announcement.
Canadian nun: Egyptian Muslims protected church buildings after threats
Churches and other Christian properties around Egypt had already been looted, so when Catholics in Berba were tipped off that their southern village could be next, they acted fast.
