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Perhaps it’s the compressed calendar, or the external decor that grabs our attention with “Celebrate the season!”

We know what kind of person the infant Jesus born on the first Christmas would be in adult life: someone known for drawing near to others and walking with them in their actual lives.

As the Catholic faithful continue to struggle with the abuse scandals uncovered this past year, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted led the local community in the diocese’s biannual bilingual “Mass of Healing and Reconciliation” Dec. 11 at St. Jerome Parish in Phoenix.

Mientras los fieles católicos continúan lidiando con los escándalos de abuso revelados el año pasado, el Obispo Thomas J. Olmsted se dirigió a la comunidad local durante la Misa de Sanación y Reconciliación bianual bilingüe de la Diócesis de Phoenix el 11 de diciembre en la Parroquia San Jerónimo.

MESA — It began as a backyard project; an idea to help needy families at Christmas provide gifts for their children.

El cuarteto de los “Cuatro Jinetes” perdió a su único miembro sacerdote. El Padre Claretiano Richard DeTore falleció el 28 de octubre.

A colorful, artistic and quite musical celebration honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the diocese, sandwiched an outdoor Mass that nodded to Mary’s title born in Mexico nearly 500 years ago and her title mirroring the day’s notable feast, that of the Immaculate Conception.

HOUSTON (CNS) — For Sr. Mary Brendan O’Donnell, it was a baby afghan she made for the newborn child of George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Pierce Bush.

In the tradition of the great Desert Fathers of antiquity, Fr. Eugene Florea was consecrated and professed temporary vows (first vows) as a hermit in the Diocese of Phoenix.

“Our Lady of Guadalupe, Queen of Mexico, Empress of the Americas.” This grand title, found on traditional banners celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe, highlights her widespread impact throughout this continent.