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‘We will grow in wisdom, holiness together,’ new bishop of Tucson, Ariz., tells faithful
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (645+ words) TUCSON, Ariz. (OSV News) "The Diocese of Tucson joyfully welcomed its eighth bishop on the first Friday of Lent with the ordination and installation of Bishop James A. Misko inside St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson Feb. 20. When he was appointed…...
Once a child refugee, Phoenix priest ordained as diocese's second auxiliary bishop
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1061+ words) By Jeff Grant / The Catholic Sun AVONDALE, Ariz. (OSV News) " Peter Dai Bui, who as a young boy escaped religious and political oppression in his native Vietnam following the country's fall to Communism, was ordained a bishop Feb. 17 and installed…...
At memorial, Trump says Kirk ‘influential figure’; widow says she forgives alleged shooter
5+ mon, 20+ hour ago (684+ words) (OSV News) "Charlie Kirk was an "influential figure" in his own election, President Donald Trump said at a memorial service for the Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Sept. 21 at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. "None of us will…...
Land transfer including Indigenous sacred site blocked again; Trump plans appeal
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (683+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) " A federal appeals court temporarily blocked Aug. 18 a federal land transfer to a copper mining giant that would lead to the destruction of a site considered sacred by Indigenous peoples. But President Donald Trump said Aug. 19 his…...
Indigenous coalition asks federal court to protect sacred site while under Supreme Court review
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (608+ words) The lawyers asked for a temporary injunction prohibiting the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper until the Supreme Court responds to their pending appeal. The post Indigenous coalition asks federal court to protect sacred site while under Supreme Court…...
Gudziak: America ‘silencing its own voice’ with VOA shutdown
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (569+ words) (OSV News) "Journalists dismissed by the Trump administration's gutting of the federally funded Voice of America broadcaster "will not be silenced," said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia. "We are ashamed that America is silencing its own…...