Diocese of Salt Lake City

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A confirmation Mass is held at St. Mary Parish on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Lower confirmation ages, stronger catechesis: Dioceses seek to strengthen faith of youth

Dec 19, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

These decisions indicate a growing desire to strengthen the formation of youth in the Catholic faith. Read more

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Bishop urges Utah lawmakers to protect seal of confession in sex abuse reporting bill

Feb 2, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City is urging lawmakers to maintain language preserving the seal of confession... Read more

Linden Cameron.

Salt Lake City diocese in prayer after police shooting of boy with autism

Sep 10, 2020

The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City said it is praying for Linden Cameron, a 13-year-old boy who was seriously... Read more

More wives, fewer penalties? Utah debates partial decriminalization of polygamy

Feb 13, 2020

By Kevin J. Jones

The Utah Senate will consider a bill that would partially decriminalize polygamy after a state senate committee passed it unanimously,... Read more

Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Salt Lake City diocese releases list of priests credibly accused of abuse

Dec 18, 2018

Following suit with many other Catholic dioceses throughout the United States in recent months, the Diocese of Salt Lake City,... Read more

Bishop Oscar Solis of Salt Lake City. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Salt Lake City.

Utah bishop exhorts faithful to evangelization, renewal

Apr 27, 2017

The Bishop of Salt Lake city has urged Utah's Catholics to be steeped in Catholic identity and to sow the... Read more

Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis.

First Filipino to lead a US diocese will take reins in Salt Lake City

Jan 10, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

On Tuesday the Vatican announced the appointment of Filipino-born Bishop Oscar A. Solis, currently an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese... Read more

The Host found at St. Francis Xavier in Kearns, Utah, which appeared to bleed.

Utah diocese: Miracles happen. The 'bleeding' Host wasn't one

Dec 17, 2015

Red bread mold, and not a miracle, caused the changed appearance of a Eucharistic host that some said was bleeding,... Read more

Miracle or fungus? Utah diocese investigates 'bleeding' Host

Dec 1, 2015

By Kevin J. Jones

Some Catholic parishioners in Utah have said a consecrated Host appears to be bleeding, but the Diocese of Salt Lake... Read more