The Catholic Sun

The Catholic Community Foundation has announced a $50,000 matching gift to create the Sanctity of Life Fund, a perpetual endowment that will address the need for sustainable funding for vital pro-life programs and organizations in the Diocese of Phoenix.

Women play a key role in coping with ongoing drought and famine in West Africa.

Catholics of all ages are invited to kick off the new calendar year by seeking strength through the Holy Spirit. That’s the mission of...

Although Mary is honored with countless titles, none is grander than, “Mary, Mother of God.” The Catholic Church views the Blessed Mother with such reverence that the octave of Christmas, Jan. 1, is a holy day of obligation. The feast day reminds us of the role she had in the plan of salvation, which began with her simple answer of, “yes,” to God.

Thanks to the Charity and Development Appeal, the Sunday morning Mass is broadcast simultaneously on the television, radio and the web. More than 65,000 viewers tune in each week.

Many within the pro-life movement were young children or not even born when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion.

Spanish-speaking Catholics in the Phoenix area now have a radio station all their own at 740 AM.

Lawyers, elected officials, canonists and judges will gather Jan. 22 at St. Mary’s Basilica to take part in the annual Red Mass sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society and the Diocese of Phoenix.

The 2013 Charity and Development Appeal starts Jan. 26-27 in parishes and missions throughout the Diocese of Phoenix. For more than four decades, the faithful have responded to the needs of others through the annual appeal by supporting more than 70 spiritual, charitable and educational organizations.

Snow, driving rain and howling winds in early January compounded the already desperate situation for Syrians caught up in 22 months of civil war seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.