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The Arizona bishops are calling state legislators to “keep in mind the most vulnerable among us” when considering new laws.
The Arizona Catholic Conference, the Arizona bishops’ public policy arm,  issued a statement earlier today asking the state legislature to reconsider SB 1070 and HB 2632, identical bills that would require local police to enforce immigration [...]

The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation that would extend the deadline for making contributions to school tuition organizations, the Arizona Catholic Conference reported today.
The legislation, HB 2496, would extend the deadline to April 15 of the following year, giving Arizona taxpayers more time to contribute to tuition credit programs like the Catholic Tuition [...]

Last issue, we featured some local efforts to help Haitians after the devastating January earthquake rocked the Caribbean country.
Today I received an email from Karen Kohl, who is featured in this week’s piece and is involved with Haitian Disaster Relief of Arizona. She reports 8,000 square feet of warehouse space were donated to the relief [...]

The January Leadership Conference kicked off last night at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, hoping to inspire catechists and Church leaders to embrace Christ’s call to evangelization.
The conference has featured some local experts — like Ryan Hanning and Carmen Portela of the diocese’s Department of Family Catechesis and Legionary Father Thomas Bennet, parochial vicar of Our [...]

Catholics interested in the Church’s work with immigrants don’t have to go to the border to learn more — they can go to St. Paul Parish Sept. 20.
That’s where Jesuit Father Pete Neely will discuss the vital work of the Kino Border Initiative, a collaborative effort serving the physical and spiritual needs of the recently [...]