Tony Gutiérrez

Referencing the evening's theme, "Faith over Fear" taken from Mark 5:36, Bishop John P. Dolan of Phoenix told OSV News that during such a politically tense year, Christians — and Catholics in particular — can't forget that God is bigger than political outcomes. Instead, we should recall Christ's words that "fear is useless," the bishop said.

After a 5-4 Supreme Court decision struck a blow to the Navajo Nation's request for federal assistance in securing water for the reservation June 22, Catholics who minister among Native Americans shared their thoughts on the historic water crisis facing the Southwest U.S. and the Indigenous populations who live there.

More than 200 supporters gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona, Sept. 25, the eve of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, to accompany 25 families seeking asylum in the United States.