October 23, 2026

Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Holy Week

NEWS BRIEF: Holy Thursday pilgrimage to altars of repose

Local photographer Joseph Pillado brought @PhoenixDiocese followers along on a Holy Thursday pilgrimage to pray with Jesus before...

NEWS BRIEF: Surprised by joy – Easter Vigil crowds welcome new Catholics

Nearly 30 people, one of the highest numbers for the parish in recent years, received their sacraments at...

Pope at Easter: Roll away the stone of sadness, encounter the Risen Lord

Easter is the time "to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our...

Pope prays at home while thousands attend Way of the Cross at Colosseum

Instead of presiding over the nighttime Way of the Cross seated atop a hillside overlooking Rome's Colosseum, Pope...

NEWS BRIEF: Living stations of the cross bring worshipers closer to the passion of Christ

The Vía Crucis Viviente ministry at Christ the King Parish in Mesa prayerfully presented a live reenactment of...

NEWS BRIEF: Hundreds join Newman Center annual Stations of the Cross hike up A Mountain

Hundreds of students and other members of the Arizona State University Newman Center community gathered in honor of...

Everyone can ‘fall,’ pope tells inmates; Jesus wants to save each one

Jesus never abandons anyone; he has come to save, serve and accompany everyone, Pope Francis told young inmates....

Pope tells priests: Be agents of harmony, not division

Priests "anointed" by the Holy Spirit should be authentic agents of harmony rather than "instruments of division," Pope...

Holy Week is time for spring cleaning, including spiritually, pope says

During Lent this year, residents of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis lives, decided to clean out...

NEWS BRIEF: Dolan presides over first Chrism Mass

Priests from throughout the Diocese of Phoenix flocked to Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral for the annual Chrism...