The Most Rev. Edward Weisenburger, Bishop of the Diocese of Tucson, is the new Episcopal Moderator for the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA).  “NACPA is honored to have Bishop Weisenburger in this key leadership position,” said Ms. Allen. “We are grateful for his strong belief in justice in the workplace and his willingness to help advance the important work of our members among his fellow bishops and other Church leaders.” Read more

Lord, teach us to move beyond ourselves and to set out in search of truth.
Teach us to go out and see,
teach us to listen,
not to entertain prejudices
or draw hasty conclusions.
Teach us to go where no one else will go,
to take the time needed to understand,
to pay attention to the essentials,
not to be distracted by the superfluous,
to distinguish deceptive appearances from the truth.
Grant us the grace to recognize your dwelling places in our world and the honesty needed to tell others what we have seen. Amen

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Joe Biden became the second Catholic to be inaugurated as president of the United States Jan. 20, giving some U.S. Catholics and their religious leaders a reason to rejoice and others to fear more access to abortion under his leadership. Read more

After 17 seasons in the NFL, quarterback Philip Rivers will begin his next career as head football coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope in the Mobile Archdiocese. In May, the school named Rivers "head coach-in-waiting" whenever his playing career was over. Read more

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force on Friday, 22 January. Pope Francis’ words at Hiroshima, which defined even the possession of nuclear weapons as immoral, is the latest act of a long magisterium spanning the twentieth century up to the present day. Read more

A young priest ordained only six months ago was among the casualties of an explosion at a parish center in Madrid. The Archdiocese of Madrid confirmed that Father Ruben Perez Ayala, a priest at the Church of Our Lady of La Paloma, died the morning due to internal hemorrhaging he suffered after the blast. Read more