News from the Diocese of Tucson

The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) are grateful that Governor Doug Ducey has signed into law an important bill (HB 2575) improving religious accommodations for dying patients in hospitals.

Our Mother of Sorrows Parish and Salpointe Catholic High school join together to celebrate Pope Francis' second encyclical 'Laudato Si.'

The Diocese of Tucson partners with the Pima County Health Department to bring Covid-19 vaccines to parishioners

The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) are grateful that Governor Doug Ducey has signed into law an important bill (HB 2575) improving religious accommodations for dying patients in hospitals.

Bishop Edward J Weisenburger joins in the consecration of a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe at Santa Cruz Catholic Church

To choose not to participate personally in Mass when we are capable of doing so is to deprive ourselves of the immeasurable spiritual graces that can be received only by active participation with others in the Mass.  

The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) are grateful that an important pro-life bill (SB 1457) was signed into law today by Governor Doug Ducey. 

Please ask your legislators to support HB 2575 so that dying patients can receive the comfort and spiritual assistance they need most during these difficult times. 

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Eight programs administered by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops can now be supported through an online giving platform.

Father Alan Valencia, rector of St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson, pays the help provided by Catholic Extension forward.

More than three dozen sisters celebrate milestone anniversaries this year

With the vaccines ramping up, we are hopeful that we may be able to get back to our regular routine as more and more of our guests get immunized.

A favorite ministry was washing the feet of those who participated in the Migrant Walk, a week-long 76-mile trek from Sasabe to Tucson, Arizona commemorating the lives of those migrants who have died and calling for immigration reform. 

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Vatican Observatory fans and astronomy nerds will want to check out the observatory foundation's new podcast, website and online store for the usual "merch" of hoodies, ball caps, tote bags and phone cases but also bright posters of the Horsehead Nebula, the Milky Way and other starry scenes.

A brief protest of about 20 persons took place on Monday, March 29th, in front of the Diocese of Tucson Chancery.

A new effort in the form of a late strike-everything amendment (HB 2494) to have priests violate the Seal of Confession was heard this week in the Senate Education Committee where it failed to pass on a 4-4 vote.

With Holy Week looming large before us I would like to address briefly the three days of Holy Week, known as the “Triduum.”  

In the Gospels many people are involved in the death of Jesus, some more directly than others.

The Patronato San Xavier has begun the second phase of work on the East Tower of Mission San Xavier this month.

Asylum seekers at the border in Nogales, Son,, Mx. seek a review of United States policies about asylum.