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Earlier this summer, I traveled to the border with a group from All Saints Catholic Newman Center. We went to Agua Prieta, Mexico to see some of the work being done for deported immigrants. But perhaps even more interesting was Café Justo coffee roaster located in that city. Café Justo is a coffee grower cooperative [...]

As far as I know, there aren’t any specifically Catholic activities surrounding President Barack Obama’s visit to Arizona State University tonight. The last time he was here, though, we did a story about an non-political prayer vigil at St. Timothy Parish in Mesa. Here’s the video from the event:

Came across this video of LifeTeen’s Matt Smith interviewing folks at the premier of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” (Read review by Harry Forbes of Catholic News Service). Smith asks folks, including some celebrities, a pretty weighty question: What does it take to be a hero? It’s an especially appropriate question for Catholics to ask themselves. Aren’t [...]

By J.D. Long-García, The Catholic Sun Between sips of green beer and bites of shamrock-decorated cookies, some will remember that St. Patrick spent six years as a slave before he began his ministry. St. Patrick, who was born in Scotland, spent his days as a slave praying while he tended his master’s flocks in Ireland. [...]

Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, today called President Obama’s executive order on embryonic stem cell research “a sad victory of politics over science and ethics.” Under the order, for the first time in U.S. history, federal tax dollars will be used to encourage researchers to [...]