A nationwide boost in Catholic Church converts is reflected by the Phoenix diocese's spike in adult baptisms, confirmations and first communions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time in the 53-year history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, an office will be dedicated for mental health ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Catholic priest in Phoenix has apologized, asked forgiveness, and resigned as parish pastor after a determination that he had failed to baptize validly over his two decades of ...

Phoenix Roman Catholic Diocese Bishop John Dolan this week announced a seven-year evangelization plan honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe in the leadup to the 500th anniversary of the saint's first ...

Father Greg Schlarb will accompany priests across the Diocese of Phoenix as part of a novel plan to ensure priests are healthy — spiritually, physically, and mentally. Father Greg Schlarb (center) ...

The next bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix said June 10 that he will strive to be open when it comes to investigations of sex abuse, though he said he's not yet caught up on the status ...

PHOENIX — According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than twice as many people died in 2020 by their own hand than by someone else, and while the annual suicide rate ...

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted talks with parishioners at St. Catherine of Sienna, on June 16, 2014, in Phoenix. Olmsted, who has overseen the Phoenix Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church since 2003, ...

PHOENIX — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix will install its new bishop during a special mass on Tuesday morning in Avondale. John P. Dolan will officially become the fifth bishop in the diocese’s ...

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Corrections & Clarifications: The name of the group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests was incorrect in an earlier version of the article. A civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese ...

The Diocese of Phoenix inaugurated the first-ever office for Mental Health Ministry in the state, Tuesday. A ministry created to address an alarming rise in suicides and other mental illness across ...