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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
December 18, 2008

More on the Salesian sisters

Posted by : ambria

If you’ve made it to p.29 of your Dec. 18 issue already: Congratulations! You’re more than half-way through one of our largest issues ever. Despite so many pages, there still wasn’t room for all of our stories. Most notably, there are some details missing from the Salesian sister feature on p.29. That info is below. [...]


December 18, 2008

A brother on Bond

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Media/Arts

A few issue back, The Catholic Sun ran Rebecca Bostic’s review of “Quantum of Solace,” the latest installment in the James Bond series. This year’s contribution is the second in the revamped series starring Daniel Craig. It’s a darker, grittier Bond — a character that struggles with his identity and morality. Today I stumbled across [...]


December 18, 2008

The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Video

It’s been six days since parishes across the Phoenix Diocese celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and even longer since Catholics joined to honor their mother. Still, I thought this video might help those of us who are relatively new to Our Lady of Guadalupe understand her a little better. I came across [...]


December 17, 2008

Vatican instruction on bioethics released

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : Nation/World

WASHINGTON — Dignitas Personae (The Dignity of a Person), an Instruction from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) on ethical issues arising from biomedical research, provides guidance on how to respect human life and human procreation in our heavily scientific age, said Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United [...]


December 17, 2008

Travelers Aid

Posted by : ambria
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

  I’m heading to the airport in a bit to drop off some holiday travelers. I wish I had time to drop by the chapel while I’m there, but I don’t plan to park. The Sky Harbor Interfaith Chaplaincy is a great little secret I keep trying to let out. This all-faith place is a [...]