The Catholic Sun

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Catholic Sun


caption = The Oct. 4, 2007 front page of
"The Catholic Sun"
type = Twice Monthly newspaper
format = Tabloid
foundation = 1985
ceased publication =
price = USD .75
owners = Diocese of Phoenix
political position = <>
publisher = Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted
editor = Robert DeFrancesco
staff = 2
circulation = 115,000 [http://www.catholicsun.org/advertising/html]
headquarters = 400 E. Monroe
Phoenix, AZ 85004
USA
ISSN = 1533-0230
website = [http://www.catholicsun.org/ www.catholicsun.org]

"The Catholic Sun" is the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix. [http://www.catholicsun.org/aboutus.html] The bishop of the diocese publishes the paper twice a month and registered Catholics from central to northern Arizona receive it. With a circulation that fluctuates between 115,000-125,000, [http://www.catholicsun.org/advertising.html] , [http://www.ananews.com/directory/members.htm] "The Catholic Sun" is the largest Catholic newspaper in the state. The paper was founded in April 1985 under the leadership of Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien and Christopher Gunty. It has won many national and local awards from the Catholic Press Association, [http://www.catholicpress.org/] the Associated Church Press [http://www.theacp.org/awards.htm] and the Arizona Newspaper Association. [http://www.ananews.com/]
"The Catholic Sun, based in Phoenix, should not be confused with The Catholic Sun, based in Syracuse, N.Y., [http://www.syrdio.org/index.asp?path=CatholicSun] which serves that diocese in a similar fashion."

External links

* [http://www.catholicsun.org/ The Catholic Sun]

* [http://www.diocesephoenix.org/ The Diocese of Phoenix]

* [http://www.catholicpress.org/ The Catholic Press Association]

* [http://www.theacp.org/ The Associated Church Press]

* [http://www.ananews.com/ The Arizona Newspaper Association]

* [http://www.echo-media.com/MediaDetailNP.asp?IDNumber=5030/ Echo Media]