We deeply regret that the State of Arizona has now set a date of May 20 for the execution of Leroy McGill.   The Bishops of ...

I write to you as a pastor and as a fellow disciple of Jesus Christ, one who shares your concern for the moral challenges of ...

Dcn. Simon Ortiz never thought he was going to be a priest when he grew up — he had his eye on becoming a sports reporter.

The Catholic Sun shares in the mission of evangelizing the Catholic faithful by providing news, information, education, a ...

This week hundreds of Catholic faithful from across the country — including bishops, diocesan leadership and those directly ...

Three Jesuit astronomers and the 16th-century pope who commissioned the Gregorian calendar have recently been honored with ...

Let the children come to Me, and do not hinder them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” These words ...

Bourgad High School in Phoenix broke ground on a 12,000-square-foot facility on Tuesday (May 5), expanding ...

Fr. Estevan Wetzel, director of The Office of Prison Ministry and Restorative Justice, celebrated the first annual Silver ...

In an ongoing effort to accompany those with mental health challenges, the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix is collaborating with the Vatican and Pope Leo XIV on two major global initiatives this week; ...

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 ...