Catholics across the United States are observing Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week during July 19-26. The annual ...

One of my standard mama prayers in these past two decades of parenting has been: “Make Your will clear, Lord!” I have prayed ...

The Diocese of Phoenix and Bishop John Dolan are inviting the public to celebrate grandparents during a Mass this year to commemorate World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The Mass will take ...

St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Surprise, Ariz., began welcoming faithful to their new adoration chapel in May. The high ceilings, stained glass windows and alcoves brushed with gold leaf accent the ...

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy ...

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Pope Leo XIV's letter marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of AmericaI extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of ...

The last days of January are collectively known as Catholic Schools Week across the nation’s 5,800 Catholic elementary and high school campuses that span 176 dioceses. During the weeklong celebration ...

1. Does dismissal from the clerical state have the same meaning as “laicization”? Yes. Laicization means that the cleric is “returning to the lay state.” The priest or deacon is no longer bound to the ...

If St. Mary’s Basilica can be called the “mother parish” of the Valley, then certainly the Franciscan Friars who have served there since the end of the 19th century can be called the Fathers of the ...

More than 180 priests from across the Diocese of Phoenix gathered in Flagstaff, Ariz., this week for the annual Priest Convocation, the largest number of priests to ever attend. The four days of ...