Effective date: July 29, 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of catholicsun.org (the “Website”), operated by The Catholic Sun, the official news source of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

1. Website Purpose

The Website provides news, articles, photographs, videos, podcasts, event information, religious content, and other materials relating to the Catholic Church and the Diocese of Phoenix.

Content is provided for general informational, educational, journalistic, and religious purposes. It should not be considered legal, medical, financial, mental-health, or other professional advice.

2. Permitted Use

You may access and use the Website for lawful, personal, and noncommercial purposes.

You agree not to:

• Use the Website in violation of any applicable law.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its servers, or connected systems.
• Interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the Website.
• Introduce malware, automated attacks, or harmful code.
• Scrape, reproduce, republish, or commercially exploit Website content without authorization.
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation with The Catholic Sun or the Diocese of Phoenix.
• Use Website content in a misleading, defamatory, or unlawful manner.

3. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, Website content—including articles, photographs, graphics, logos, designs, audio, video, and other original materials—is owned by or licensed to The Catholic Sun or the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and is protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

You may share links to publicly available Website pages. Any other reproduction, republication, distribution, modification, or commercial use requires prior written permission unless permitted by law.

Third-party names, logos, trademarks, videos, photographs, and other materials remain the property of their respective owners.

4. YouTube Services and Embedded Content

The Website uses YouTube API Services and official YouTube embedded players to display public videos, playlists, thumbnails, titles, descriptions, publication dates, availability information, and live-stream status.

Use of YouTube features and content is also subject to the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

The Catholic Sun does not own YouTube’s platform, player, or third-party videos and does not control their availability. YouTube content may be modified, restricted, interrupted, or removed by YouTube or its respective owner without notice.

The Website does not require visitors to authenticate with YouTube and does not use the YouTube API to retrieve visitors’ private YouTube account information.

5. Other Third-Party Services

The Website may include links to or content from third-party websites and services, including social-media platforms, podcast providers, event services, partner organizations, and external publications.

We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, availability, security, terms, or privacy practices. Accessing third-party services is at your own discretion and may be governed by additional terms.

6. Newsletter and Communications

If you subscribe to a newsletter or other communication, you agree to provide accurate contact information. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in an email.

Our collection and use of personal information are described in our Privacy Policy.

7. Submissions and Communications

If you submit information, photographs, story suggestions, event information, or other materials, you represent that you have the right to provide them and that doing so does not violate another person’s rights.

Submitting material does not guarantee that it will be published. The Catholic Sun may edit, decline, remove, or discontinue submitted material at its discretion.

Do not submit confidential, privileged, or sensitive personal information through general Website forms.

8. Accuracy and Availability

We strive to provide accurate and timely information, but we do not guarantee that all Website content will be complete, current, accurate, or free from errors.

We may modify, correct, remove, suspend, or discontinue any portion of the Website without notice. Website access may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, third-party outages, or circumstances beyond our control.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

We do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free from harmful components.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Catholic Sun, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, and their employees, clergy, agents, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of or inability to use the Website or any linked third-party service.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

11. Privacy

Use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how information may be collected, used, and shared.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms as the Website, our services, or applicable requirements change. Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Continued use of the Website after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be submitted through our Contact page or mailed to:

The Catholic Sun
Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix
400 E. Monroe St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004