The annual report of financial information demonstrates how the Diocese of Tucson Administrative Offices use the funds that are so generously contributed by parishioners, benefactors and grantors to enable the Diocese to fulfill its mission to serve spiritual, pastoral, social service, educational and other needs of the Faithful of the Diocese. The financial information presented [...]

Virtually all students in the Diocese of Tucson’s Catholic elementary schools averaged at or above grade level in reading, language and math in the latest Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Grades three through eight took the test at the beginning of the school year. The only exception was fourth-grade math, which averaged a 3.9, one-tenth [...]

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO. (ZENIT.org).- Benedicto XVI anunció oficialmente su próximo segundo viaje a América –México y Cuba– para antes de la Pascua de 2012. El Papa confirmó la esperada noticia, en la misa solemne que presidió el pasado 12 de Diciembre, durante la festividad de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, en la Basílica de San Pedro. [...]

PHOENIX (CNS) — A Mercy sister who was automatically excommunicated because of her role on the ethics committee that allowed an abortion to be performed at a Catholic hospital in 2009 is back in good standing in the Catholic Church. In May 2010, officials at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center publicly acknowledged that an [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Benedict XVI confirmed he will travel to Mexico and Cuba in the spring and called on the people of Latin America to hold firm to their faith. During his homily at the Mass Dec. 12 in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pope prayed [...]

It’s almost here—that season of the year when we get our W-2s in the mail, gather our receipts and tax documents, and face the arduous task of filing our tax returns, a process made bearable only by the hope that we’ll get something back from the tax man. With the advent of tax season, Pio [...]