The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix submitted his resignation letter on his 75th birthday after serving for 18 years as the head clergyman of the institution. Thomas J.

The use of the improper form led Father Arango to resign as pastor of St. Gregory Parish in Phoenix. Bishop Olmsted said Father Arango remains a priest in good standing in the diocese and that he ...

In a Jan. 14 letter to the faithful of the diocese, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix said the information is “as difficult to hear as it is challenging for me to announce.” “It is with ...

The bells of St. Mary's Basilica in downtown Phoenix rung for a few minutes the afternoon of May 8 as parishioners prayed inside as the world learned of the new leader of the Holy Roman Catholic ...

PHOENIX — The names of more than 100 clerics accused of abuse in the Diocese of Phoenix were released Wednesday. A group of lawyers, victims, and advocates held a joint press conference in ...

And it brought back memories of a similar crisis 15 years ago in the Phoenix diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. In 2003, former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley forced then-Bishop Thomas O ...

Olmsted, who has overseen the Phoenix Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church since 2003, submitted a request to retire to Pope Francis upon reaching his 75th birthday, the age limit for bishops ...

Did the Diocese of Phoenix provide a home to 109 clergymen accused of sexual abuse? A new report compiled by one of the nation’s leading law firms on clergy sexual abuse identified that many ...

Bishop John Dolan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix knows what kind of person he would like in the position seen by the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics as the earthly representative of Jesus ...

The Diocese of Phoenix inaugurated the first-ever office for Mental Health Ministry in the state, Tuesday. A ministry created to address an alarming rise in suicides and other mental illness ...

Angel Mullooly, the last person convicted in connection with a Phoenix man’s murder, is set to be sentenced on Friday. Whitney Clark explains about the case. Memorial Day Weekend is a popular ...

After announcing Bishop John P. Dolan lost his sister to death by suicide, the Diocese of Phoenix on Wednesday renewed his “urgent plea to get mental health ministry underway.” “Our hearts ...