Ordained a priest on 13 December 1969, the future Roman Pontiff discovered his vocation sixteen years earlier, on 21 September 1953, on the feast of Saint Matthew.

"From what I've heard, it's bad, but it's not as bad as people thought it was going to be in the beginning," said Patrick Markey, executive director of the Diocesan Financial Management Conference in Phoenix.

One month to the day that the Vatican released its report on since-laicized cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a panel of academics took a close look at what one called a "hyperclerical culture" that allowed McCarrick's sexual misconduct to go unchecked.

When President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January, he will embark on pursuing a policy agenda for Central America that many Catholic organizations have long supported.

The usually sold out, annual Christmas Concert series at the historic Mission San Xavier del Bac features new drone video of the church’s interior art and closed-to-the-public spaces, along with the Tucson Boys and Girls choirs and award-winning soloists.

Our acute healthcare system is experiencing heavy stress and is near the breaking point. If our community does not take immediate action to slow or stop the spread of COVID-19 in Pima County, the results for the healthcare delivery system could be catastrophic.

"All of us will be 'evicted' from this world," he said, "and we resemble that foolish man if we think only about embellishing our earthly home without being concerned for the good works that will follow us to our new home after our deaths."

Bishop Weisenburger encourages us all to wear masks, wash your hands, stay home if you don't feel well

The curial offices of a Catholic diocese in England are being used as a makeshift hub to deliver the vaccine against the coronavirus.

Con la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe cerrada por su fiesta para evitar la propagación del COVID-19, el Papa Francisco dijo que los católicos aún pueden recibir una indulgencia plenaria el 11 y 12 de diciembre por su devoción mariana si siguen ciertas condiciones.

Pope Francis offers Plenary Indulgence to those who celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at home

The 8th grade class at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School (SEAS) has decided to use the month of December and the Advent season as a time to focus on spreading kindness throughout the SEAS campus.

"Some people knit, I do this," she said cheerfully.

Fifteen years ago, Syte Reitz wouldn't have expected that the prayer bouquet she was preparing for the late Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison would take on the life of its own that it did. That year, the bishop had been facing many difficulties, including the destruction of St. Raphael Cathedral by arson. Reitz thought the bishop could use some prayers and encouragement.

Con motivo del 150 aniversario de la declaración de san José como patrón de la iglesia universal, el papa Francisco proclamó una celebración de un año dedicado al padre adoptivo de Jesús.

On the one hand, the head of the Catholic Health Association praised Becerra for a career spent "fighting for underserved communities." But National Right to Life and other pro-life leaders criticized Becerra "as an abortion activist plain and simple."

If passed, the bill introduced in Parliament in late November would criminalize any practices that seek to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. However, the bill is so broad in its definitions that it could crush any Christian expression of human sexuality, capturing homilists, Scripture teachers and parents with penalties reaching more than US$148,600 or up to 10 years in jail for individuals.

Switzerland's proposed "marriage equality" law is an attempt to resolve "problems of discrimination by ignoring the differences" between a civil union and a marriage, said the country's bishops.

En lo que habría sido su 48 aniversario, la gran procesión de bailarines y tambores que suele recorrer el centro de Houston en honor a la festividad de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe el 12 de diciembre, ha sido cancelada debido a la pandemia, comunicaron los organizadores.

A once-every-two-decade conjunction involving the solar system's two gas giants will give earthbound observers a look at a so-called "Christmas Star" on the winter solstice.