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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
May 9, 2009

Pro-life video from CatholicVote.org

Posted by : J.D. Long-García

Just came across this pro-life video. It’s from CatholicVote.org. It’s worth a watch, and you’ll probably want to share it with others. I came across it thanks to a Twitter post from Chris Faddis (Twitter, blog) a former youth minister in the Phoenix Diocese who’s now serving the Church in Winston-Salem. You can stay up-to-date [...]


April 24, 2009

Upcoming pro-life conference at ASU

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : Local News

Tomorrow, Arizona Students for Life will be hosting their 3rd Annual Western Regional Pro-Life Conference on the Arizona State University campus. The conference, from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. is tailored for pro-life students and young adults and will feature nationally renowned speakers from Students for Life of America, Arizona Right to Life, Alliance Defense Fund, and [...]


March 12, 2009

A banner day at the House

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

From the Arizona Catholic Conference, the public policy agency for the Dioceses of Gallup, Phoenix and Tucson. It was a banner day at the House of Representatives yesterday as four important bills either initiated or supported by the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) were passed out of this chamber. At the top of the list was [...]


March 10, 2009

RIGALI: Executive Order on embryonic stem cells ‘A sad victory of politics over science and ethics’

Posted by : J.D. Long-García

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 [...]


December 9, 2008

Honor Your Mother 2008

Posted by : J.D. Long-García

Catholics from around the Phoenix Diocese gathered for a procession and Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 7 in downtown Phoenix. An estimated 700 joined Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, who concelebrated the Mass with several priests, including Holy Cross Father John Herman, the bilingual homilist. The event also marked the beginning of [...]