Contrary to popular belief, the state bird of Arizona is the cactus wren, not the snowbird (that migratory breed of Midwestern retiree that descends on the forty-eighth state every winter). Another interesting tidbit of Arizona avian trivia is that, among the collection of artifacts at Arizona State University, are feathers from scarlet and military macaws discovered at the Wupatki National Monument…
POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and
