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Strength for the future People I interviewed for the 40th anniversary article easily came up with various strengths of the Phoenix Diocese. Those strengths pave the way for the diocese’s next 40 years, whose challenges and successes are “going to be just as great as they were in the first 40 years,” according to Msgr. [...]

The seemingly countless people who I interviewed for the diocese’s 40th anniversary story mentioned the same things over and over again. The growth and diversity in the diocese has surprised them yet affirmed the Church’s role in Phoenix. They also said certain landmark events, namely the pope’s 1987 visit, remain a top moment for Phoenix [...]

I told some people over the Thanksgiving break about the Diocese of Phoenix turning 40 today. All of them — 99% non-Arizonans — figured Phoenix was older than that, but it just isn’t so. Oddly enough, talk of Phoenix becoming its own diocese died down just before the announcement became official. Or at least, that’s [...]