2026 RECongress celebrates 70th year with pleas for hope in ‘crazy’ times

As he was speaking to the crowd of hundreds gathered inside an Anaheim Hilton hotel conference room, Father Agustino Torres, CFR, paused to make an observation.

“Guys, there are some crazy things happening today,” said Torres during his Friday afternoon workshop at the 70th Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, held Feb. 20-22 in and around the Anaheim Convention Center. “Sometimes we feel our hope is diminishing.”

The crowd murmured in agreement.

“Thank you for not giving up on the Church,” continued Torres, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal based in the Bronx. “Thank you for not giving up on us priests. I know we have our bad days and you see us in our bad moments, and that you don’t leave. God must have renewed your hope.”

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