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2024
- Monday, December 9 || Those Volvo, Jaguar ads are trying to sell you something, and it’s not cars
- Friday, December 6 || Exploring the Christ-like figure in the Russian novel ‘Matryona’s House’
- Thursday, December 5 || Netflix’s ‘Mary’ is a survival thriller that loses the script
- Wednesday, December 4 || A new way to meet the Word of God
- Tuesday, December 3 || LA Archdiocese’s Called to Renew campaign restoring both people and parishes
- Monday, December 2 || ‘Gladiator II’ entertains, but how much does it exaggerate? A historian weighs in
- Friday, November 29 || Black Catholics look to a new generation of leaders at LA gathering
- Wednesday, November 27 ||This Advent, being amazed at God’s love for us
- Tuesday, November 26 || Seven new LA deacons ordained, taking final step before priesthood in 2025
- Monday, November 25 || ‘Memorable Graces’: An effort to never forget the stories of Blessed Solanus Casey
- Friday, November 22 || God and man meet at Getty’s thought-provoking ‘Lumen’ exhibit
- Thursday, November 21 || How ‘Angelica’ was born: Winemakers honor San Gabriel Mission
- Wednesday, November 20 || NCYC’s Long Beach return asks Catholic youth to seek ‘the way’
- Tuesday, November 19 || Final healing garden in LA archdiocese offers hope to abuse survivors
- Monday, November 18 || Inspired by Homeboy Industries, St. Joseph High students find ways to serve
- Friday, November 15 || An excerpt from Heather King’s new book, ‘CONSUMED’
- Thursday, November 14 || What to do when praying seems useless
- Wednesday, November 13 || Sally Read tackles an impossible task with ‘100 Great Catholic Poems’
- Tuesday, November 12 || The surprising Bible verse that’s my favorite
- Monday, November 11 || At LA’s parish for deaf Catholics, making God’s voice heard
- Friday, November 8 || We shouldn’t shelter our kids from fairy tales’ dark themes
- Thursday, November 7 ||Fernando Valenzuela celebrated at cathedral funeral Mass
- Wednesday, November 6 || After an election, the mission remains the same
- Tuesday, November 5 || LA sex abuse victims see a changed Church amid settlement news
- Monday, November 4 || Dodgers’ World Series win benefits Catholic students
- Friday, November 1 || Synod voting results suggest new terms for Catholic debates
- Thursday, October 31 || If the saints overcame the fear of death, why can’t we?
- Wednesday, October 30 || This All Saints’ Day, a tribute to Catholicism’s ‘nameless companions’
- Tuesday, October 29 || How Catholics can vote when they’re ‘politically homeless’
- Monday, October 28 || What the ‘Catholic vote’ means nowadays
- Friday, October 25 || Archbishop Gomez, Cardinal Dolan make friendly wager for NY-LA World Series
- Thursday, October 24 || Spending Sunday with God, the Rams, and the Packers
- Wednesday, October 23 || The Gospel challenge this election
- Tuesday, October 22 || Anti-Catholic bias aside, ‘Conclave’ is just plain bad
- Monday, October 21 || Message of Synod 2024: Time for the West to get in the back of the line
- Friday, October 18 || Acts XXIX evangelization apostolate invites LA Catholics back to the basics
- Thursday, October 17 ||LA Archdiocese to settle more than 1,300 historic abuse claims in new agreement
- Wednesday, October 16 || When doubt condemns the death penalty
- Tuesday, October 15 || This Catholic priest thinks the Vatican can help Silicon Valley on AI
- Monday, October 14 || ‘Megalopolis’ is a Hollywood catechesis on ambition
- Friday, October 11 || Pope’s ‘casino consistory’ reinforces next conclave as a crapshoot
- Thursday, October 10 || Veteran journalist, screenwriter shares his unique ‘rosary journey’ in new LA Catholics campaign
- Wednesday, October 9 || LA’s rookie auxiliaries return from Vatican’s ‘bishops school’
- Tuesday, October 8 || Thank you God for this column
- Monday, October 7 || Try This: Pray the Rosary
- Friday, October 4 || Hope and anxiety at immigration Mass as presidential election nears
- Thursday, October 3 || Pope’s tough time in Belgium may stir creativity vis-à-vis secularism
- Wednesday, October 2 || Why the Catholic Church has a way with words
- Tuesday, October 1 || The only creed you need is Catholic
- Monday, September 30 || Maria Montessori is the parenting coach modern moms need
- Friday, September 27 || Some simple ways to be neighborly
- Thursday, September 26 || October synod could end with a whimper, rather than a bang
- Wednesday, September 25 || The ‘shortest ladder’ to heaven
- Tuesday, September 24 || LA Mass seeks to help mourners of suicide loss ‘live again’
- Monday, September 23 || Vatican’s top-ranking woman: ‘This job makes me pray more’
- Friday, September 20 || The Misunderstood Heron food truck is worth the wait (unless it pours)
- Thursday, September 19 || For Catholics, St. Michael is at the center of (almost) everything
- Wednesday, September 18 || Podcaster priest preaches answer to ‘weight of your sins’ at LA breakfast
- Tuesday, September 17 || For back to school, being students in the School of Jesus
- Monday, September 16 || We are many different people with one beautiful mother
- Friday, September 13 || Pope calls both Donald Trump, Kamala Harris ‘against life’
- Thursday, September 12 || The evidence is in: IVF is throwaway culture at its very worst
- Wednesday, September 11 || Father Mike Schmitz to headline sold-out LA Catholic Prayer Breakfast
- Tuesday, September 10 || Bishop’s hospital visit emphasizes need for ‘spiritual care’ of patients
- Monday, September 9 || The vindication of Caspar Friedrich
- Friday, September 6 || Appreciating some Catholic sights in New York
- Thursday, September 5 || Is this new take on Huckleberry Finn the kind of fiction Pope Francis likes?
- Wednesday, September 4 || With football season here, meet the LA priests ministering to NFL teams
- Tuesday, September 3 || Is it time to talk about the morality of gun ownership?
- Friday, August 30 || From sheepskin to Moleskine: The case for the humble notebook
- Thursday, August 29 || Early College Network offers LA Catholic students a unique advantage
- Wednesday, August 28 || Turning the world upside down with Jesus’ love
- Tuesday, August 27 || Pope’s grueling Asia, Oceania odyssey shows his ‘Biden moment’ isn’t yet here
- Monday, August 26 || New Reagan film takes a page from the lives of the saints
- Friday, August 23 || Is that really what Jesus looked like? Experts weigh in on sensational AI image
- Thursday, August 22 || The Catholic appeal of John Paul the Great University
- Wednesday, August 21 || Is a renaissance for Catholic children’s books underway?
- Tuesday, August 20 || The moment St. Augustine became Catholic
- Monday, August 19 || As millions starve in war-torn Sudan, Catholic groups plead for help
- Friday, August 16 || Pilgrims walk 35 miles between missions to ‘stand up’ for St. Junípero Serra
- Thursday, August 15 || What does the Assumption mean today?
- Wednesday, August 14 || What it means to ‘Radiate Love’
- Tuesday, August 13 || LA Catholic organizations see rise in immigration services during election year
- Monday, August 12 || Four thousand miles away, the O’Malley effect on fighting abuse is felt
- Friday, August 9 || Why LA’s C3 tech conference chose to unplug this year
- Thursday, August 8 || How do we keep love and generosity even as we age?
- Wednesday, August 7 || The strange case of Bishop Bonaventure Broderick
- Tuesday, August 6 || One thing you might not know about St. Maximilian Kolbe
- Monday, August 5 || Pluto TV: The joys of watching with commercial breaks
- Friday, August 2 || Making beauty with a piece of wood and the sun
- Thursday, August 1 || Supreme Court’s homeless ruling a ‘step backward,’ LA Catholic workers say
- Wednesday, July 31 || Days of wonder, awe, and adoration
- Tuesday, July 30 || Biden, Trump, Harris, and seeking a ‘Catholic moment’ in 2024
- Monday, July 29 || The foster care realism of ‘Sound of Hope’
- Friday, July 26 || What the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit could do for our world
- Thursday, July 25 || We’re not giving people the tools to grieve with faith
- Wednesday, July 24 || A poet’s rage, a mother’s patience
- Tuesday, July 23 || ‘Father Aloysius’ miracle stories abound in LA. Was he a saint?
- Monday, July 22 || LA announced as final destination for next U.S. Eucharistic Pilgrimage
- Friday, July 19 || In today’s political climate, we look to these Catholic writers
- Thursday, July 18 || ‘Detrans’ exposes dark truths about a growing industry
- Wednesday, July 17 || Pilgrims going home to our mother
- Tuesday, July 16 || In ‘The Bear,’ is it possible to create without the trauma?
- Monday, July 15 || Catholic, civic leaders call for peace, unity following Trump assassination attempt
- Friday, July 12 || Q&A: Poet Leslie Williams and a spiritual exploration of friendship
- Thursday, July 11 || Twenty years later, remembering the golden age of ‘Lost’
- Wednesday, July 10 || Did Dante invent purgatory? The truth about belief in the afterlife
- Tuesday, July 9 || Farewell to an atheist writer forever tied to Mother Teresa
- Monday, July 8 || After needing a heart transplant, this woman’s rehabilitation became spiritual
- Friday, July 5 || LA pilgrims hoping to experience true ‘revival’ at Eucharistic Congress
- Wednesday, July 3 || How to make this a more spiritual summer
- Tuesday, July 2 || If Catholicism were a corporation, we wouldn’t distribute priests like this
- Monday, July 1 || Is Disney’s ‘Inside Out 2’ right about emotions?
- Friday, June 28 || WFVZ, where bird eggs can leave you in wonder
- Thursday, June 27 || Ordinary Time doesn’t have to mean boring or uneventful
- Wednesday, June 26 || Whether women should be priests or deacons is missing a bigger conversation
- Tuesday, June 25 || Angelus wins 22 Catholic Media Awards, including best newsletter
- Monday, June 24 || The pro-life movement’s turn to women and families is complete
- Friday, June 21 || What art looks like when approaching death
- Thursday, June 20 || An LA Catholic school librarian’s accidental ‘dream come true’
- Wednesday June 19, || How Serra High’s football star turned space pioneer faced the test of his life
- Tuesday, June 18 || The sky’s the limit for Providence High graduate headed to Air Force Academy
- Monday, June 17 || 8 new permanent deacons ordained in LA with a ‘seal on your heart’
- Friday, June 14 || Behind these great saints were lesser-known influences
- Thursday, June 13 || A new novel inspired by Vatican II’s mole is stranger than fiction
- Wednesday, June 12||Everyone wants to be heard, but do we listen ‘with the ear of the heart’?
- Tuesday, June 11 ||Understanding the profound importance of St. Paul
- Monday, June10||The scientific case for God as the answer to our ‘unhappiness syndrome’
- Friday, June 7 || Book offers the complicated reasons for LA’s unclaimed dead
- Thursday, June 6 || Letters from Lourdes: Experiences from 2024 pilgrimage
- Wednesday, June 5 || Is the Francis pontificate entering its ‘Third Age’?
- Tuesday, June 4 || ‘God’s love is the reason for your priesthood’
- Monday, June 3 || At ordination, new LA priests called to be ‘co-workers’ in God’s plan of love
- Friday, May 31 || Vietnam, Yosemite, Death Valley: Artist Binh Danh creates unique art forms
- Thursday, May 30 || When we’re tired or busy, here’s the way to pray
- Wednesday, May 29 || New LA Priests 2024: Jaime Arriaga
- Tuesday, May 28 || Miracle stories abound during Santo Niño’s annual visit to Santa Paula
- Friday, May 24 || New LA priests 2024: Marko Rudela
- Thursday, May 23 || Carlo Acutis to become church’s first ‘millennial’ saint after miracle approved
- Wednesday, May 22 || Jesus has ‘marching orders’ for new LA priests
- Tuesday, May 21 || New LA priests 2024: Eduardo Pruneda
- Monday, May 20 | |New LA priests 2024: Anthony Huynh
- Friday, May 17 || New LA priests 2024: Alejandro Reynaga
- Thursday, May 16 || New LA priests 2024: Eric Mejia
- Wednesday, May 15 || California’s Eucharistic pilgrimage route aiming for ‘epic’ launch
- Tuesday, May 14 || New LA priests 2024: Lucio Trinidad
- Monday, May 13 || New learning program quickly getting results for LA Catholic students
- Friday, May 10 || The communion of saints: My mother
- Thursday, May 9 || Despite the tensions, Africa and Pope Francis still need each other
- Wednesday, May 8 || ‘Dignitas Infinita’ and the importance of human dignity
- Tuesday, May 7 || Ten years later, LA’s Polish Catholics celebrate the saint who changed their lives
- Monday, May 6 || The blessings and burdens of ‘Wildcat’ film about Flannery O’Connor
- Friday, May 3 || The questions of ‘Shane’ still resonate many years later
- Thursday, May 2 || Evidence mounts for why women should do away with ‘the pill’
- Wednesday, May 1 || Engaged Encounter in LA: Couples learn how to put God before marriage
- Tuesday, April 30 || Pope’s CBS interview ‘normalizes’ his relations with American media
- Monday, April 29 || The privilege of marriage: A new book says the quiet part out loud
- Friday, April 26 || What happened when I ‘sought first the kingdom’
- Thursday, April 25 || For 20 years, LA archdiocese has changed its approach to abuse prevention
- Wednesday, April 24 || In Lourdes, getting to Jesus through Mary
- Tuesday, April 23 || LA’s Catholic child protection experts look back on 20 years of keeping kids safe
- Monday, April 22 || Looking back: Fitting lessons from the O.J. trial
- Friday, April 19 || ‘Civil War’ ponders the illusion of objectivity in journalism
- Thursday, April 18 || In Jesus’ death, God’s silence is eventually loud and clear
- Wednesday, April 17 || The Widow Revolution: How Christianity lifted up a neglected class
- Tuesday, April 16 || The rise of faith-based moviemaking
- Monday, April 15 || Q&A: Will California’s new mental health system expansion work?
- Friday, April 12 || Vatican’s latest isn’t about Catholic teaching, but Catholic sociology
- Thursday, April 11 || ‘Irena’s Vow’ pays tribute to Catholic courage during the Holocaust
- Wednesday, April 10 || Remember what the sign of the cross is for
- Tuesday, April 9 || Is this synodality?
- Monday, April 8 || At South LA parish, tears flow at a reunion decades in the making
- Friday, April 5 || After becoming blind, this LA Catholic gained a new kind of vision
- Thursday, April 4 || Francis and the ‘empty chair’ phase of his pontificate
- Wednesday, April 3 || What I saw on Palm Sunday in LA’s hipster capital
- Tuesday, April 2 || Easter is amazing even after it comes and goes
- Monday, April 1 || Keeping the fire burning for 50 Easter days — and beyond
- Friday, March 29 || Carrying our bodies and our bodies carrying us
- Thursday, March 28 || Don’t take miracles for granted — especially Easter
- Wednesday, March 27 || The ugly scientific truth behind IVF
- Tuesday, March 26 || The supreme redemptive act
- Monday, March 25 || Cardinal: El Salvador is not free, despite vast security improvements
- Friday, March 22 || ‘The King of Children’: A WWII Jewish doctor who protected kids until the end
- Thursday, March 21 || Aging can give you the wisdom of a monk
- Wednesday, March 20 || Can Catholics step up to face the pro-life battle no one’s talking about?
- Tuesday, March 19 || For Holy Week, let us experience the triumphs — and pain
- Monday, March 18 || For these Passion plays, it’s more than just depicting Christ’s death
- Friday, March 15 || Thoughts on virtue signaling from Flannery O’Connor
- Thursday, March 14 || When it comes to polarization, Catholics are called to love our enemy
- Wednesday, March 13 || Our God is called love, and that’s how we can serve others
- Tuesday, March 12 || The quest to hear the Catholic Church in America’s ‘True Confessions’
- Monday, March 11 || Two new abortion rulings coming this summer
- Friday, March 8 || The need for contemplation this Lent
- Thursday, March 7 || In an ever more ‘saffron’ India, secularism is a Christian’s best friend
- Wednesday, March 6 || The story of St. Patrick’s unlikely path from young rebel to iconic saint
- Tuesday, March 5 || No one proclaimed Lent and Easter like St. Cyril
- Monday, March 4 || The ‘Father’s Father’ behind the Catholic Wild Goose TV
- Friday, March 1 || Padre Serra’s comeback: Statue removed from Ventura city hall returns to mission
- Thursday, February 29 || Benjamin Fondane: The Holocaust victim not ‘resigned’ to live without God
- Wednesday, February 28 || In a difficult world, we can still proclaim Jesus
- Tuesday, February 27 || Bishop O’Connell ‘still looking out for us’ one year after death, friends say
- Monday, February 26 || ‘Guadalupe’ review: Much more than the story of an image
- Friday, February 23 || What the Church supplies
- Thursday, February 22 || ‘Cabrini’ movie review: A film worthy of America’s immigrant saint
- Wednesday, February 21 || New Francis-Milei ‘simpatico’ shows contrast in campaigning, governing
- Tuesday, February 20 || Obstacles or opportunities? 2024 LA Congress ponders both in a changing world
- Monday, February 19 || End of a DVD era
- Friday, February 16 || ‘You are incredibly loved’: Teens find support at LA Congress Youth Day 2024
- Thursday, February 15 || For Catholic Schools Week, Salesian High’s 1974 graduates reflect on 50 years
- Wednesday, February 14 || A prayer for when you’re suffering in your own Gethsemane
- Tuesday, February 13 || For Black Catholic history, holiness is God’s response to injustice
- Monday, February 12 || Why is the Vatican’s diplomatic approach to China and Nicaragua so different?
- Friday, February 9 || Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to do
- Thursday, February 8 || Archbishop Gomez: This Lent, be converted and ‘go further’
- Wednesday, February 7 || Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday: Why that’s a good thing
- Tuesday, February 6 || Being a missionary in our own lives
- Monday, February 5 || How Nigeria became a hotbed of anti-Christian persecution
- Friday, February 2 || The diaries of Servant of God Carmen Hernández
- Thursday, February 1 || Has our divided society created fractured television entertainment?
- Wednesday, January 31 || Making a COVID retreat
- Tuesday, January 30 || 50 years after ‘Chinatown,’ LA still suffers from the same identity crisis
- Monday, January 29 || How a musician’s abortion experience gave birth to Requiem for the Unborn
- Friday, January 26 || What we can learn about Christ and mercy from the women of Kenya
- Thursday, January 25 || Infertility isn’t a Catholic problem. But are there Catholic answers?
- Wednesday, January 24 || OneLife LA 2024: Why these supporters showed up — even in the rain
- Tuesday, January 23 || A guide to the Vatican figures on the rise in 2024
- Monday, January 22 || A Downey student got cancer. His school’s ‘prayer force’ helped conquer it
- Friday, January 19 || OneLife LA — 10 years on
- Thursday, January 18 || 2024 California laws that Catholics should know about
- Wednesday, January 17 || Why don’t I have a Catholic podcast?
- Tuesday, January 16 || ‘Poor Things’ turns a Frankenstein bride into a sorority girl
- Monday, January 15 || Bishop Rolando Álvarez released, exiled from Nicaragua in Vatican deal
- Friday, January 12 || Our vocation is love
- Thursday, January 11 || I’m about to become an ‘abuelita.’ Am I ready?
- Wednesday, January 10 || Living our best ‘Catholic story’ in 2024
- Tuesday, January 9 || U.S. officials concerned by latest Nicaragua crackdown on Catholic Church
- Monday, January 8 || Does God exist? A surprising debate in ‘Freud’s Last Session’ film
- Friday, January 5 || Storylines to watch for Pope Francis in 2024
- Thursday, January 4 || Getty exhibit reveals a Christian visionary who saw art as prophecy
- Wednesday, January 3 || Q&A: The ‘long list of dreams’ of Finland’s new bishop
- Tuesday, January 2 || ‘Sister T,’ 89, has always had a heart for the sick
2023
- Friday, December 29 || How it feels to write your own obituary
- Thursday, December 28 || How to be a prophet in this world
- Wednesday, December 27 || How can there be peace when no one wants it?
- Tuesday, December 26 || Archbishop Gomez: Love comes from above on Christmas
- Friday, December 22 ||Making room for Jesus in the manger of our heart
- Thursday, December 21 || Celebrating the simple season
- Wednesday, December 20 || ‘You kind of feel like Santa’: LA Catholics volunteer, donate for Adopt-a-Family 2023
- Tuesday, December 19 || Why do we celebrate those Christmas week feasts?
- Monday, December 18 || Singer performs at Guadalupe ‘Mananitas’ event after near-death experience
- Friday, December 15 ||‘The Boy and the Heron’ and our perpetual search for a successor
- Thursday, December 14||Looking at life and death in the Eucharist
- Wednesday, December 13 ||Why the ‘Gloria’ is the bit of Christmas that lasts all year
- Tuesday, December 12 || Don’t always trust your eyes with historical films
- Monday, December 11 ||Las posadas: A Christmas tradition to welcome Jesus into our lives
- Friday, December 8 || We need a reconception of the Immaculate Conception
- Thursday, December 7 || The trouble with finding God (or not)
- Wednesday, December 6 || This Advent, experience salvation’s joy
- Tuesday, December 5 || Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ turns a legend into a loser
- Monday, December 4 || Love comes down at Christmas
- Friday, December 1 || Federal investigation sides with LA Archdiocese in Title I funding dispute
- Thursday, November 30 || Baby Indi and the dangers of deciding who lives or dies
- Wednesday, November 29 || Why many Americans would want a large family
- Tuesday, November 28 || Why did Jesus call his mother ‘woman’?
- Monday, November 27 || Why a record 18 churches are celebrating 100th anniversaries in LA Archdiocese
- Wednesday, November 22 || The blessings of the U.S. Church
- Tuesday, November 21 || Black Catholic History Month: Ancestral Mass honors the past
- Monday, November 20 || In ‘Dream Scenario,’ Nicolas Cage shows he’s more than a meme
- Friday, November 17 || Like prayer, a massage doesn’t always bring calm
- Thursday, November 16 || After seven years of silence, now Pope Francis can’t wait to answer dubia
- Wednesday, November 15 || Thoughts on our broken immigration system
- Tuesday, November 14 || Dismayed by the state of the world? Here’s your answer
- Monday, November 13 || Here are LA Catholics’ experiences as Our Lady of Guadalupe image tours SoCal
- Thursday, November 9 || If Pope Francis changes conclave rules, he won’t be the first
- Wednesday, November 8 || Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl: A missionary and a mystic
- Tuesday, November 7 || In Israel-Gaza war, what Catholics are doing for the Holy Land (and how to help)
- Monday, November 6 || Here’s what we learned (and didn’t) from the just-concluded synod
- Friday, November 3 || The brain death debate Catholics should be paying attention to
- Thursday, November 2 || The grumpy saint we can all learn from
- Wednesday, November 1 || Lessons learned from an afternoon in Assisi
- Tuesday, October 31 || Appreciating those who serve
- Monday, October 30 || What’s the big deal about the ‘Little Flower’?
- Friday, October 27 || California’s top judge praises St. Thomas More at LA Red Mass
- Thursday, October 26 || Mother Teresa and abandonment issues
- Wednesday, October 25 || Becoming the saint next door
- Tuesday, October 24 || Explaining the Vatican’s delicate balancing act on Israel-Palestine
- Monday, October 23 || The Catholic faith that guided the extraordinary life of Tirso del Junco
- Friday, October 20 || What is a person’s capacity for liturgy?
- Thursday, October 19 ||LA’s official Divine Mercy Shrine finds a home in Hollywood
- Wednesday, October 18 || How LA Catholics lead the way on World Mission Sunday
- Tuesday, October 17 || The meaning of ‘communion of saints’
- Friday, October 13 || New Bishop Nunes: Faith came from meeting of cultures thousands of miles away
- Thursday, October 12 || New Bishop Szkredka: A biblical scholar almost by accident
- Wednesday, October 11 || New Bishop Elshoff: A new look, but still just ‘Father Matt’
- Tuesday, October 10 || New Bishop Bahhuth: From businessman to working now for God
- Monday, October 9 || What each new LA bishop’s coat of arms, episcopal mottos say about them
- Friday, October 6 || Deputy Clinkunbroomer remembered by family, pastor at Cathedral funeral
- Thursday, October 5 || St. Augustine’s one sentence that explains our restlessness
- Wednesday, October 4 || How did synods start? Looking back at the history
- Tuesday, October 3 || Storylines for a synod drama we may not get to watch live
- Monday, October 2 || The ‘generation wars’ are heating up. Is the Church paying attention?
- Friday, September 29 || Remembering the rich history of Italians in LA
- Thursday, September 28 || How the RSHM sisters have made it 100 years in California
- Wednesday, September 27 || Four new LA auxiliary bishops called to ‘urgent’ task at Ordination Mass
- Tuesday, September 26 || Happening today: Here’s how to watch the ordination of LA’s new auxiliary bishops
- Monday, September 25 || One is not enough: Why new bishops need ‘co-consecrator’ bishops
- Friday, September 22 || Why auxiliary bishops get the keys to ancient dioceses
- Thursday, September 21 || Migrant mom, newborn bused from Texas get LA welcome from ‘off-duty’ priest
- Wednesday, September 20 || ‘Brat Pack’ star Andrew McCarthy talks pilgrimage, his son in ‘Walking with Sam’ book
- Tuesday, September 19 || Don’t forget that angels are all around us
- Monday, September 18 || After chaplain’s sudden death, flood of letters from inmates reveals his impact
- Friday, September 15 || Contemplating what Jesus does in Eucharistic adoration
- Thursday, September 14 || ‘Mother Teresa of Honduras’ gets the spotlight with new documentary
- Wednesday, September 13 || Archbishop Gomez: How U.S. Catholics are helping others
- Tuesday, September 12 || Serra High students built an experiment. NASA launched it into space
- Monday, September 11 || At the Getty, a new exhibit spotlights the poor, outcasts
- Friday, September 8 || A torture victim’s guide to extreme Christian suffering
- Thursday, September 7 || A heart-wrenching elegy for a child lost to abortion
- Wednesday, September 6 || Prosthetic hands, Scouts, hiking: How this LA teen goes above and beyond
- Tuesday, September 5 || Don’t be ashamed to bring your Mother (Mary) home with you
- Friday, September 1 || Pope arrives in Mongolia, the ‘heart of Asia’
- Thursday, August 31 || When it comes to abortion distortion, California has gone all in
- Wednesday, August 30 || May Our Lady’s wish become reality
- Tuesday, August 29 || In South Sudan’s nightmare, pope gives them a flicker of hope
- Monday, August 28 || How the Church is helping heal fire-ravaged Maui
- Friday, August 25 || Parishes need to be more welcoming. They should start with large families
- Thursday, August 24 || Our illusion of being self-sufficient
- Wednesday, August 23 || Divided we stand, or kneel
- Tuesday, August 22 || Holy are the lowly
- Monday, August 21 ||Cancer and the search for healing in Lourdes
- Friday, August 18 || What it means to be a woman
- Thursday, August 17 || An atheist’s chapel in France
- Wednesday, August 16 || From glory to glory
- Tuesday, August 15 || LA youth moved to ‘keep up with Jesus’ at WYD, City of Saints events
- Monday, August 14 || World Youth Day, Catholic politics don’t always mix
- Friday, August 11 || Throwing troubles at the cross
- Thursday, August 10 || Centuries later, we’re still discovering reasons to celebrate the Assumption
- Wednesday, August 9 || AI and faith go hand in hand at 2023 C3 Conference
- Tuesday, August 8 || Pastoral region assignments announced for 4 new LA auxiliary bishops
- Monday, August 7 || Inside the plan to save a historic chapel for veterans on the Westside
- Friday, August 4 || Nagasaki, the ‘chosen victim’ where faith didn’t die
- Thursday, August 3 || Bishop-elect Albert Bahhuth: From Lebanon to LA
- Wednesday, August 2 || Bishop-elect Matthew Elshoff: A veteran educator with a missionary heart
- Tuesday, August 1 || Bishop-elect Brian Nunes: Turning off the radio for God
- Monday, July 31 || Bishop-elect Slawomir Szkredka: A modest mentor who can ‘teach the faith’
- Friday, July 28 || Inside California’s most famous — and invisible — valley
- Thursday, July 27 || Sierra Madre pastor ‘savors the journey’ of Ironman competition
- Wednesday, July 26 || Patriarchy, parody, and the quest to decode ‘Barbie’
- Tuesday, July 25 || ‘The Miracle Club’ understands the true power of Lourdes. Do we?
- Monday, July 24 || A man, his wife, and her mantilla
- Friday, July 21 || The ‘Impossible’ spirituality of Tom Cruise
- Thursday, July 20 || Solving George Orwell’s God problem
- Wednesday, July 19 || LA’s new auxiliary bishops emphasize unity, diversity
- Tuesday, July 18 || Meet the quadruplets: Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA
- Monday, July 17 || LA Catholics reflect on a Guadalupe pilgrimage full of surprises
- Friday, July 14 || U.S. Nuncio and future cardinal says Bishop O’Connell died a ‘martyr’
- Thursday, July 13 || The California Catholic Conference offers hope
- Wednesday, July 12 || From boys to men
- Tuesday, July 11 || Pope’s new crop of cardinals is chock full of possible successors
- Monday, July 10 || After years waiting for a new church, patience pays off in Pacoima
- Friday, July 7 || The price of fake happiness in a dystopian world
- Thursday, July 6 || Eucharistic miracles exhibit comes to LA Archdiocese
- Wednesday, July 5 || Russian Orthodox Church shows itself to be Putin’s most reliable ally
- Monday, July 3 || San Gabriel and the American mission
- Friday, June 30 || Writing your life
- Thursday, June 29 || LA Archdiocese to bring back communion chalice three years after suspension
- Wednesday, June 28 || ‘Rescued From Darkness’: When faith drives education
- Tuesday, June 27 || For Independence Day, only Christ can truly set us free
- Monday, June 26 || AI: Will it help humanity or doom it?
- Friday, June 23 || The pope’s wager on Pascal’s seesaw anthropology
- Thursday, June 22 || Debuting this fall: Not a Synod of Bishops, but a Synod with Bishops
- Wednesday, June 21 || Advocates of reform over baptized Jewish child hoping for ‘Netflix Effect’
- Tuesday, June 20 || An online innovator turns 40
- Monday, June 19 || Dodgers fans, concerned Catholics fill Cathedral to pray for healing
- Friday, June 16 || The Rock’s’ softer side: The Alcatraz Gardens
- Thursday, June 15 || Nuncio hails late Bishop O’Connell as ‘a model of synodal service’ in USCCB address
- Wednesday, June 14 || Meet some of Catholic LA’s most promising Class of 2023 graduates
- Tuesday, June 13 || Archbishop Gomez to celebrate Sacred Heart Mass ahead of Dodgers event
- Monday, June 12 || Ten men ordained as permanent deacons in 2023
- Thursday, June 8 || Sisters who lay down their lives
- Wednesday, June 7 || Four years after arriving to LA, Venezuelan refugee graduates as valedictorian
- Tuesday, June 6 || LA welcomes 8 new ‘living instruments of Christ’ at priest ordination Mass
- Monday, June 5 || ‘Only you can bring them Jesus’
- Friday, June 2 || New LA priests 2023: Emmanuel Sanchez
- Thursday, June 1 || New LA priests 2023: Sergio Sandoval Martinez
- Wednesday, May 31 || New LA priests 2023: Luis Gerardo Peña
- Tuesday, May 30 || New LA priests 2023: Cesar Galan, fsp
- Friday, May 26 || New LA priests: Hieu D. Nguyen
- Thursday, May 25 || Treasure in the fields: Meet this year’s ‘bumper crop’ of new transitional deacons
- Wednesday, May 24 || Pope’s Synod of Bishops likely to bring home that demography is destiny
- Tuesday, May 23 || After Dodgers reversal, Archdiocese invites Catholics to support sisters
- Monday, May 22 || How religion factors in – or doesn’t – in TV’s ‘Mrs. Davis’
- Friday, May 19 || Griffith Park, where you can still bask in the spirit of nature
- Thursday, May 18 || What does it mean to ‘bind’ and ‘loose’?
- Wednesday, May 17 || A trip made ‘Solito’: What a young immigrant’s journey to the U.S. can teach us
- Tuesday, May 16 || You don’t need a cave for 500 days to find solitude in the Church
- Monday, May 15 || ‘Tradwives’ and the search for happiness
- Friday, May 12 || Mental health tops high-schoolers’ concerns at LA Scholas event
- Thursday, May 11 || The month of May, Fátima, and our need for a perfect mother
- Wednesday, May 10 || The promise of the synod
- Tuesday, May 9 || In the month of May, what can Mary do for you?
- Monday, May 8 || New ‘Garden of Healing’ in Ventura offers silent space for those hurt by abuse
- Friday, May 5 || A secret papal mission to end a Russian war? It’s happened before
- Thursday, May 4 || Many young people are like the apostles behind locked doors
- Wednesday, May 3 || History, solitude, prayer takes new meaning in Guanajuato, Mexico
- Tuesday, May 2 || The Church has science on its side when it comes to man, woman
- Monday, May 1 || Could Charlene Richard be America’s first child saint?
- Friday, April 28 || ‘Prodigal’ LA priest’s new book details his way back to God
- Thursday, April 27 || Finding meaning from dementia to duty to dying
- Wednesday, April 26 || Why Christianity is ‘worth it’ for women: An interview with Carrie Frost
- Tuesday, April 25 || Rediscovering the cross during Easter in Rome
- Monday, April 24 || 7 questions I had after watching ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’
- Friday, April 21 || Late LA Mayor Riordan’s support for Catholic education had deep roots
- Thursday, April 20 || Explaining the Vatican’s contrasting reactions to John Paul II polemics
- Wednesday, April 19 || Searching for Jesus’ footsteps — through poetry
- Tuesday, April 18 || Steady decline of U.S. Latinos identifying as Catholics sounds alarm to ‘shift gears’
- Monday, April 17 || A Disney movie that shows real relationships? Who knew?
- Thursday, April 13 || A cardinal’s prophetic warning against El Salvador’s brutal gang crackdown
- Wednesday, April 12 || How God helped me forgive after my daughter’s death at Sandy Hook
- Tuesday, April 11 || A Mother’s Journey to Easter
- Monday, April 10 || Archbishop Gomez: One Great Sunday
- Thursday, April 6 || Archbishop Gomez: Carrying Jesus with us Always
- Wednesday, April 5 || Want to celebrate Easter in the best possible way? Forgive someone
- Tuesday, April 4 || To enter the Paschal Mystery this Easter, hold on to Mary
- Monday, April 3 || As porn epidemic worsens, these Catholic women say healing is possible
- Friday, March 31 || The suffering scribe of a Mumbai slum
- Thursday, March 30 || After Dobbs, Catholics must take a hard look at who they partner with
- Wednesday, March 29 || Is Hollywood getting anxiety? The 2022 film season in review
- Tuesday, March 28 || LA Catholics bring eucharistic zeal to streets of San Gabriel
- Monday, March 27 || Pope updates abuse investigation procedures to cover Catholic lay leaders
- Friday, March 24 || From beaches to streets, Bishop O’Connell found ways to connect with youth
- Thursday, March 23 || Six ‘extraordinary Catholics’ honored at 2023 Cardinal’s Awards
- Wednesday, March 22 || To his fellow LA priests, Bishop O’Connell was ‘the real deal’
- Tuesday, March 21 || Reaching immigrants in need was ‘labor of love’ for Bishop O’Connell
- Monday, March 20 || Bishop Dave, apostle of the inner city
- Friday, March 17 || St. Joseph, the silent knight
- Thursday, March 16 || From Ireland to Southern California, soul friends to the end
- Wednesday, March 15 ||Bishop O’Connell remembered as a family man who ‘kept us together’
- Tuesday, March 14 || A friend of Jesus: Honoring Bishop Dave’s legacy
- Monday, March 13 || Counting to 40: The early Church’s different ‘layers of Lent’
- Friday, March 10 || Finding freedom in suffering
- Thursday, March 9 || Lost innocence
- Wednesday, March 8 || Like John Paul II, Francis at the 10-year mark is no pope of little plans
- Tuesday, March 7 || The truth about Lent
- Monday, March 6 || Bishop O’Connell honored by thousands at Cathedral funeral: ‘He healed souls’
- Friday, March 3 || Regional farewell Mass reveals ‘wide net’ cast by Bishop O’Connell
- Thursday, March 2 || Pope sends condolences, prayers ahead of Bishop O’Connell’s funeral
- Wednesday, March 1 || Tribute video to Bishop O’Connell illustrates how he ‘left a mark’
- Tuesday, February 28 || St. Bernadette’s gift
- Monday, February 27 || Speakers, liturgies bring grieving LA Congress crowd to their feet
- Friday, February 24 || Brother bishops remember O’Connell for his ‘Gospel simplicity’
- Thursday, February 23 || Suspect admits to killing Bishop O’Connell, charged with murder
- Wednesday, February 22 || Bronx bishop expects ‘lives are going to get rocked’ at LA Congress
- Tuesday, February 21 || Mourners pray for healing, forgiveness amid shock of Bishop O’Connell’s murder
- Monday, February 20 || Person of interest in Bishop O’Connell murder in custody
- Friday, February 17 || ‘An Inspector Calls’: A 1950s examination of conscience
- Thursday, February 16 || Is a new renaissance in Catholic art in the making?
- Wednesday, February 15 || Why the ‘microschool’ model is working in three LA Catholic schools
- Tuesday, February 14 || LA’s Mass for the Sick offers ‘spiritual antidote’ amid troubling times
- Monday, February 13 || Notes from the birth of North America’s biggest parish
- Friday, February 10 || Can you find soul food at the gym?
- Thursday, February 9 || Tomorrow and tomorrow
- Wednesday, February 8 || LA sister meets Pope Francis at audience marking order’s jubilee
- Tuesday, February 7 || Love: A many-splendored mystery
- Monday, February 6 || Receiving God’s holiness was once unthinkable. The Eucharist changed that
- Friday, February 3 || A medical profession in God’s footsteps
- Thursday, February 2 || The calamity of death and the necessity of mourning
- Wednesday, February 1 || Catholic schools, where Jesus is the teacher
- Tuesday, January 31 || ‘Broker’ takes a fresh look at abortion through the eyes of social outcasts
- Monday, January 30 || Monterey Park Catholics remember shooting victim: ‘A faithful servant of God’
- Friday, January 27 || Whither our children: Prodigals or ‘nones’
- Thursday, January 26 || John Paul II’s epic Cuba trip a lesson in both leverage and limits
- Wednesday, January 25 || Love takes center stage at first OneLife LA after the fall of Roe v. Wade
- Tuesday, January 24 || Monterey Park shooting a ‘gut punch’ for LA’s Chinese Catholics
- Monday, January 23 || Archbishop calls for ‘new awakening of love’ at first post-Roe Requiem Mass
- Friday, January 20 || Pro-life friar: Prenatal justice isn’t about politics
- Thursday, January 19 || Can Catholics trust the ‘wellness’ craze?
- Wednesday, January 18 || Love is our mission
- Tuesday, January 17 || ‘Just find the truth’: How ex-FBI agents help the LA Archdiocese vet accusations
- Wednesday, January 13 || Despite shockwaves around deaths of Benedict and Pell, this too shall pass
- Tuesday, January 12 || ‘Don Camillo’ stories still offer wisdom for our political divisions
- Monday, January 11 || Cardinal George Pell, a ‘larger than life’ churchman, dies at 81
- Tuesday, January 10 || Rest in peace, Pope Benedict
- Monday, January 9 || A post-Dobbs way forward on abortion is becoming clear
- Friday, January 6 || LA Catholics pay tribute to Pope Benedict’s ‘gentle soul’
- Thursday, January 5 || At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’
- Wednesday, January 4 || ‘Jesus, is that you?’ Inside LA Men’s Central Jail on Christmas
- Tuesday, January 3 || The true inheritance of the ‘Benedict XVI Generation’
2022
- Thursday, December 29 || Five doses of good news for Catholicism amid an otherwise bleak year
- Wednesday, December 28 || Pope Francis says retired Pope Benedict is ‘very sick’
- Tuesday, December 27 ||Pope denounces global ‘grave famine of peace’ in Christmas message
- Thursday, December 22 || The promise of Christmas
- Wednesday, December 21 || From the manger to the Mass: Where Christmas meets the Eucharist
- Tuesday, December 20 || The Christmas our home became Bethlehem
- Monday, December 19 || Finding hope amid war in Ukraine’s Christmas art
- Friday, December 16 || Donor’s surprise gift sends Miraculous Medal to every LA Catholic student
- Thursday, December 15 || Christmas as shattering our expectations
- Wednesday, December 14 || At LA’s musical Guadalupe tribute, her power is personal
- Tuesday, December 13 || Glendale parish hosts Eucharistic Revival event for LA youth
- Monday, December 12 || Under pressure, pope moves to rein in unregulated Vatican foundations
- Friday, December 9 || A sense of the sublime in the Ocean Park paintings
- Thursday, December 8 || ‘The Whale’ is a modern day passion play
- Wednesday, December 7 || Restoring our true colors
- Tuesday, December 6 || Pasadena parish lets Catholics ‘choose their moment’ in church
- Monday, December 5 || Two examples of why pope’s ‘dialogue of diplomacy’ is a gamble
- Friday, December 2 || The union of the holy sacrifice
- Thursday, December 1 || The full guide to Simbang Gabi 2022 in LA
- Wednesday, November 30 || Here’s a ‘Caritas Rule’ for Catholic charities after latest crackdown
- Tuesday, November 29 || How Catholic immigrants to the U.S. challenge political idolatry
- Monday, November 28 || Memory: At Mass, it’s more than you think
- Wednesday, November 23 || Advent: From Nazareth to Bethlehem
- Tuesday, November 22 || Teens continue NCYC trading tradition on the West Coast
- Monday, November 21 || Ousted Vatican auditor may be an enigma, but he’s hardly alone
- Friday, November 18 || Archbishop Gomez: ‘To be where God wants me to be’
- Thursday, November 17 || The ‘young Church’ comes to Long Beach for national teen gathering
- Wednesday, November 16 || U.S. bishops urged to remain focused on spreading Gospel message
- Tuesday, November 15 || Archbishops Broglio, Lori elected USCCB’s next president, vice president
- Monday, November 14 || The word ‘Eucharist’ and the ultimate thanksgiving
- Friday, November 11 || Making sense of our gender moment
- Thursday, November 10 || The lonely heart and the search for belonging
- Wednesday, November 9 || Can healthy families reverse the ‘closing of the American heart’?
- Tuesday, November 8 || LA’s Eritrean Catholics stand in solidarity with arrested bishop
- Monday, November 7 || For Black Catholic History Month, meet the ‘Holy Six’
- Friday, November 4 || An ode to the ‘ambassador’ of music
- Thursday, November 3 || Why we sing ‘Holy! Holy! Holy!’ at every Mass
- Wednesday, November 2 || Parishioner’s labor of love restores vandalized statue at Woodland Hills church
- Tuesday, November 1 || Born to make a difference
- Monday, October 31 || Survivor helps inaugurate LA’s first ‘Garden of Healing’ for abuse victims
- Friday, October 28 || Washington cardinal praises ‘precious gift of freedom’ at LA Red Mass
- Thursday, October 27 ||Biking alone, worshipping apart
- Wednesday, October 26 || Is folk horror the last truly Christian film genre?
- Tuesday, October 25 || LA sister’s prison ministry marks 20 years in the ‘mercy business’
- Monday, October 24 || Philanthropist John Shea remembered as champion of Catholic education
- Friday, October 21 || The case against the sexual revolution
- Thursday, October 20 || Catholicism and feminism: A turning point?
- Wednesday, October 19 || Misfit and martyr: The ‘holy frustration’ of St. Noel Chabanel
- Tuesday, October 18 || The psalms’ deepest meaning is Christo-clear
- Monday, October 17 || New catechists in demand as LA parishes assess COVID impact
- Friday, October 14 || At milestone, Communion & Liberation full of promise but covering rocky ground
- Thursday, October 13 || NCYC plans West Coast expansion with Long Beach event this fall
- Wednesday, October 12 || Why the saints can do great things
- Tuesday, October 11 || Can California’s Catholics rally to defeat Prop 1?
- Monday, October 10 || Golden age critique in ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ doesn’t add up
- Friday, October 7 || While an African pope is possible, an Asian may be a better bet
- Thursday, October 6 || An American reckoning with the Holocaust
- Wednesday, October 5 || Where holiness happens
- Tuesday, October 4 || LA priests reflect on racism during task force presentation
- Monday, October 3 || VIDEO: An interview with the woman behind #BacktoMassLA
- Friday, September 30 || For Vatican’s new culture czar, beware of popes bearing gifts
- Thursday, September 29 || Five Catholic queens who loved God – and changed the world
- Wednesday, September 28 || Married to a non-Catholic: We’re not as alone as we may appear
- Tuesday, September 27 || The LA Times gets abortion and the Church dramatically wrong
- Monday, September 26 || ‘No Greater Love’ reveals the heart of Mother Teresa’s radical mission
- Friday, September 23 || Explaining the pope’s discretion on a cardinal under fire in China
- Thursday, September 22 || Praying the Magnificat
- Wednesday, September 21 || Why read the Catechism?
- Tuesday, September 20 || Archbishop Gomez calls Catholics to generosity, prayer at immigration Mass
- Monday, September 19 || A look at the Catechism after 30 years
- Friday, September 16 ||Inflation challenges the Church’s concern for both wallets and souls
- Thursday, September 15 || Making music to die for
- Wednesday, September 14 || Why you shouldn’t bother reading ‘Ulysses’ on its 100th anniversary
- Tuesday, September 13 || Mission San Gabriel closes jubilee year, reveals restored church
- Monday, September 12 || Both Elizabeth II and modern popes illustrate the punch of ‘soft power’
- Friday, September 9 || Jubilee Mass to mark the revival of a restored Mission San Gabriel
- Thursday, September 8 || After twenty years, LA’s Cathedral feels like home
- Wednesday, September 7 || It’s time to give Shia LaBeouf’s first Catholic movie a second look
- Tuesday, September 6 || LA’s Catholic prison ministry is forging new communities after the pandemic
- Friday, September 2 || Pope’s unusual consistory raised eyebrows, mostly for what didn’t happen
- Thursday, September 1 || The beauty of ‘Rings of Power’ captivates, but its philosophy does not
- Wednesday, August 31 || Education and evangelization
- Tuesday, August 30 || LA Catholic schools see signs of post-pandemic growth in new school year
- Monday, August 29 || LA convent-turned-maternity home meets critical need for pregnant moms
- Friday, August 26 || ‘I stand at the door and knock’
- Thursday, August 25 || Abortion must be defeated with mercy
- Wednesday, August 24 || Why a new book about secrets needs to go to confession
- Tuesday, August 23 || Bishop Aclan in stable condition following stroke
- Monday, August 22 || The dilemma behind the Vatican’s silence on Nicaragua
- Friday, August 19 || Fight the (screen) power
- Thursday, August 18 || LA Catholics hope to ‘ignite a fire’ after Eucharistic Congress
- Wednesday, August 17 || Archbishop Gomez: Jesus, who is here
- Tuesday, August 16 || A hero who didn’t let us down
- Monday, August 15 || The Catholic life of Vin Scully, the golden voice who talked with God
- Friday, August 12 || Academy’s foray into ‘Humanae Vitae’ row a new act in an old story
- Thursday, August 11 || Lourdes relic visit brings much-needed ‘spark’ to LA parish
- Wednesday, August 10 || For a grateful heart
- Tuesday, August 9 || Is Catholic journalism yesterday’s news?
- Monday, August 8 || Lessons from St. Hilary, the ‘Athanasius of the West’
- Friday, August 5 || SoCal Catholics have an opportunity for pilgrimage in their own backyard
- Thursday, August 4 || Lessons from Vin Scully the Catholic
- Wednesday, August 3 || Why going on pilgrimage is part of the Christian DNA
- Tuesday, August 2 || In rethinking the line between man and beast, ‘Nope’ goes biblical
- Monday, August 1 || LA says farewell as Bishop Barron takes up his new post in Minnesota
- Friday, July 29 || How LA’s breads are bringing people together
- Thursday, July 28 || A telescopic blast from the past
- Wednesday, July 27 || The eucharistic revival begins
- Tuesday, July 26 || Will three women really shake up the Vatican’s bishop-making process?
- Monday, July 25 || Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for church role in residential schools
- Friday, July 22 || A peek inside Madonna House’s ‘lay community of love’
- Thursday, July 21 || A doctor in the house
- Wednesday, July 20 || Boris Dralyuk’s ‘My Hollywood’ honors the humanity in the vestiges
- Tuesday, July 19 || ‘Buffer’ zones in a post-Roe America
- Monday, July 18 || The pope and the Jews
- Friday, July 15 || What Agnes’ jacket tells us about suffering
- Thursday, July 14 || Cheap grace
- Wednesday, July 13 || He calls, we answer
- Tuesday, July 12 || Legacy lives on of cardinal who helped name the pope
- Monday, July 11 || Catholics and higher ed: Where do we stand and where do we go next?
- Friday, July 1 || A peephole into the afterlife
- Thursday, June 30 || After abortion ruling, American church may be poised to walk Europe’s path
- Wednesday, June 29 || Men in crisis: Can the Church help reverse a troubling trend?
- Tuesday, June 28 || After Dobbs, SoCal pro-lifers prepare to ‘help in any way we can’
- Monday, June 27 || Is Vatican’s defense of Pope Pius XII also, in some sense, about Pope Francis?
- Friday, June 24 || The End of Roe: Debunking the top 10 pieces of misinformation
- Thursday, June 23 || Meeting looks at how families protect life, pray, connect generations
- Wednesday, June 22 || Proclaiming our anthropology
- Tuesday, June 21 || After synod ‘listening’ phase, LA Catholics hope for start of something new
- Monday, June 20 || Pope’s statements draw attention to anti-Christian violence in lesser-known corners
- Friday, June 17 || ‘Dominion’ trades original Jurassic Park’s heart for cliches
- Thursday, June 16 || What’s in a farewell?
- Wednesday, June 15 || Saints made of strange threads
- Tuesday, June 14 || What an LA priest learned after a year in Rome
- Monday, June 13 || A family’s special bond with a South LA Catholic school crosses generations
- Friday, June 10 || California bishops launch ‘born ready’ movement ahead of Roe decision
- Thursday, June 9 || After a Catholic call to action on racism, these LA first-graders go first
- Wednesday, June 8 || A numbers game for the long haul
- Tuesday, June 7 || Lives on fire with love
- Monday, June 6 || ‘These times call for love:’ LA welcomes eight new priests at 2022 ordinations
- Friday, June 3 || The tricky business of post-tragedy prayer
- Thursday, June 2 || Bishop Barron ‘thrilled’ to lead Minnesota diocese after Pope’s appointment
- Wednesday, June 1 || Pope closes Marian month praying for Ukraine war to ‘end soon’
- Tuesday, May 31 || Pope announces new cardinals, including San Diego’s Bishop McElroy
- Friday, May 27 || What magic tricks miss about true amazement
- Thursday, May 26 || Lost and found in Mexico City
- Wednesday, May 25 || Pope, U.S. bishops call for prayers and tougher gun laws after Texas massacre
- Tuesday, May 24 || Meet this year’s LA transitional deacon class
- Monday, May 23 || A new saint highlights tensions over the role of Catholic journalism
- Friday, May 20 || The empire strikes back
- Thursday, May 19 || Homeboy CEO makes the case for ‘margin and mission’ business model
- Wednesday, May 18 || Where Mary is, so is the Church
- Tuesday, May 17 || For lay religious orders, COVID has made the old new again
- Monday, May 16 || Think you can find meaning in the multiverse? Good luck.
- Friday, May 13 || ‘OPICA is my life’: Inside West LA’s innovative program for the elderly
- Thursday, May 12 || Artesia broadcast studio leads a post-pandemic outreach for LA Catholics
- Wednesday, May 11 || Return to the rosary
- Tuesday, May 10 || Pope’s new man on Arabian peninsula faces high-wire act on Ukraine
- Monday, May 9 || Making sense of those mixed feelings over the Roe v. Wade leak
- Friday, May 6 || Can Christianity and patriotism be compatible?
- Thursday, May 5 || It’s time to stand and fight for Catholic health care
- Wednesday, May 4 || The chemist and Spanish priest who became El Salvador’s shepherd
- Tuesday, May 3 || Leaked draft of Supreme Court opinion indicates overturn of Roe decision
- Monday, May 2 || Both in the US and the Church, fall 2022 to provide hints of future directions
- Friday, April 29 || LA parishes, families embrace post-pandemic mental health ministry
- Thursday, April 28 || A new mental health crisis sends the Catholic ‘field hospital’ into triage
- Wednesday, April 27 || By his precious wounds
- Tuesday, April 26 || Pope names LA priest a judge on Vatican’s top appeals court
- Monday, April 25 || ‘The Bad Guys’ are too cool for their own good
- Friday, April 22 || LA Archdiocese special collection for Ukraine aid hits $1 million
- Thursday, April 21 || Ahead of its one-day release in theaters, ‘Alive’ has already succeeded
- Wednesday, April 20 || LA’s ‘Great Mass’ performance a reminder of Mozart’s mysterious Catholic side
- Tuesday, April 19 || I wouldn’t habit any other way
- Monday, April 18 || The passion of Mary Magdalene
- Thursday, April 14 || Easter through her eyes: Art that exalts the women of the Resurrection
- Wednesday, April 13 || Mark Wahlberg sees his own faith journey in life of ‘Father Stu’
- Tuesday, April 12 || ‘Father Stu’ is the film about the priesthood we needed
- Monday, April 11 || What stands between the pope and a visit to Kyiv?
- Friday, April 8 || Everyone’s way of the cross
- Thursday, April 7 || Recalling nuclear nightmares
- Wednesday, April 6 || Jubilee pilgrims celebrate ‘being together’ again on LA’s streets
- Tuesday, April 5 || A Catholic take on money
- Monday, April 4 || The metaverse is coming. Can it be saved?
- Friday, April 1 || What St. John of Avila’s heart can teach mine
- Thursday, March 31 || How Our Lady of Guadalupe captured LA’s imagination
- Wednesday, March 30 || Archbishop Gomez: Consecrating the world
- Tuesday, March 29 || Top five takeaways from Pope Francis’ overhaul of the Roman Curia
- Monday, March 28 || Time zone difference benefits LA students joining the Pope’s consecration
- Friday, March 25 || Archbishop Gomez joins Pope in Consecrating Ukraine and Russia to Mary
- Thursday, March 24 || LACatholics invited to follow Pope’s consecration of Russia, Ukraine
- Wednesday, March 23 || Why young people are turning to Jordan Peterson
- Tuesday, March 22 || Scaled down RE Congress crowd revels in return to Anaheim
- Monday, March 21 || The quiet force of Richard Grant, Catholic education’s ‘true believer’
- Friday, March 18 || With Fátima consecration, Pope Francis pokes the Russian bear
- Thursday, March 17 || Years later, the lessons of Syria loom over Pope Francis’ Ukraine diplomacy
- Wednesday, March 16 || Archbishop Gomez: Mercy for the journey
- Tuesday, March 15 || For U.S. Catholics, Ukraine rescue missions come in many forms
- Monday, March 14 || ‘He’s guiding our history’: A missionary family’s new life after escaping Kyiv
- Friday, March 11 || Pacific Chorale returns to LA after two-year ‘great fermata’
- Thursday, March 10 || How much faith can Catholics put in technology?
- Wednesday, March 9 || To meet Jesus this Lent, why not consult the Church’s oldest ‘Doctor’?
- Tuesday, March 8 || What the ‘Fifth Gospel’ of the Holy Land reveals about Christ
- Monday, March 7 || Becoming part of the Jesus story this Lent
- Friday, March 4 || The spring is not for me
- Thursday, March 3 || Archbishop celebrates Super Bowl ‘win-win’ with students near SoFi
- Wednesday, March 2 || A tenderness revolution
- Tuesday, March 1 || ‘Bishop Ed’ in his own words
- Monday, February 28 || LA’s Ukrainian Catholics rally in prayer for besieged homeland
- Friday, February 25 || What pope’s recent executive orders mean for his reform legacy
- Thursday, February 24 || A firm and aggressive pro-life ‘No’ to war
- Wednesday, February 23 || An atheist writer discovers the devil’s endgame
- Tuesday, February 22 || Why Catholic men around the world are ‘rallying’ behind the rosary
- Monday, February 21 || What a generation of Catholic thinkers owes Peter Kreeft
- Friday, February 18 || Predicting the 2022 travel schedule of Pope Francis, ‘a man in a hurry’
- Thursday, February 17 || Meet the 2022 Cardinal’s Awards honorees
- Wednesday, February 16 || Work is essential
- Tuesday, February 15 || LA’s Bishop Ed Clark retires, leaving behind legacy as a trusted healer
- Monday, February 14 || In Russia-Ukraine conflict, all roads run through Moscow
- Friday, February 11 || The world beyond the lighted window
- Thursday, February 10 || ‘Nightmare Alley’ and the trouble of man as his own master
- Wednesday, February 9 || LA, Cincinnati archbishops announce friendly Super Bowl 2022 wager
- Tuesday, February 8 || Advocates warn human trafficking is ‘more than a Super Bowl issue’
- Monday, February 7 || Bell Gardens school’s comeback signals a new trend in Catholic education
- Friday, February 4 || Let’s not die before we die
- Thursday, February 3 || The courage to speak
- Wednesday, February 2 || The prayers of others
- Tuesday, February 1 || Action Required: LA archdiocese’s task force on racism gets to work
- Monday, January 31 || Assessing Benedict’s record on abuse more complicated than it seems
- Friday, January 28 || Maria Reiche, feminist student of the Nazca Lines
- Thursday, January 27 || Why Salvadoran Catholics are wary of Jesuit massacre case reopening
- Wednesday, January 26 || The devil is in the exquisite details of Denzel’s ‘Macbeth’
- Tuesday, January 25 || Sights, sounds, and signs of life at OneLife LA 2022
- Monday, January 24 || Catholics pray for victims of ‘injustice’ of abortion at Requiem Mass
- Friday, January 21 || The pro-life movement must focus on Democrats after Roe
- Thursday, January 20 || Roe or no, those affected by abortion need mercy, compassion, and healing
- Wednesday, January 19 || How pro-lifers should approach the economics of abortion
- Tuesday, January 18 || Special Issue: Beyond Roe v. Wade
- Friday, January 14 || In Germany, it’s not just ‘Left vs. Right’ but ‘Catholic vs. Something Else’
- Thursday, January 13 || Is the digital age confirming Ivan Illich’s once radical ideas?
- Wednesday, January 12 || The Church’s best kept secret
- Tuesday, January 11 || St. Pope John Paul II and the apostolate of confession
- Monday, January 10 || An LA Catholic school’s unlikely success story
- Friday, January 7 || Under a hurry-up pope, are we seeing a slow-down papacy?
- Thursday, January 6 || A papal pep talk for families
- Wednesday, January 5 || An embarrassing attempt to book Scott Hahn on false charges
- Tuesday, January 4 || Waiting for Dobbs
- Monday, January 3 || Pope Francis at the Angelus: God wants to live with us and in us
2021
- Monday, December 27 || The top 5 Vatican news stories of 2021
- Wednesday, December 22 || On LA’s anxious streets, St. Mother Teresa’s missionaries bring life
- Tuesday, December 21 || Santa Barbara family’s special Nativity scene invites people back to church
- Monday, December 20 || The accidental tragedy of the new ‘West Side Story’
- Friday, December 17 || The cure to our accusation addiction
- Thursday, December 16 || Christmas and God’s ultimate answer to our anguish
- Wednesday, December 15 || After a harrowing shooting, Altadena sixth-grader counts Christmas blessings
- Tuesday, December 14 || A light goes on in Bethlehem
- Monday, December 13 || New film about C.S. Lewis’ struggle to believe has something for everyone
- Friday, December 10 || ‘California doesn’t need more abortion,’ bishops say in response to sanctuary plan
- Thursday, December 9 || Salvation for a news junkie
- Wednesday, December 8 ||The care and feeding of true friendship
- Tuesday, December 7 || Why we need the Immaculate Conception
- Monday, December 6 || LA’s ministry for sailors eyes a comeback amid pandemic, port back-up
- Friday, December 3 || Getting back to ‘letting it be’
- Thursday, December 2 || The notion of a vocation
- Wednesday, December 1 || The year of St. Joseph: The start of something bigger?
- Tuesday, November 30 || A season of longing
- Monday, November 29 || Seven ways to welcome Jesus into your everyday life this Advent
- Wednesday, November 24 || Archbishop Gomez: Telling the Catholic Story
- Tuesday, November 23 || The Eucharist and matters of fundamental justice
- Monday, November 22 || Just like Thanksgiving, Vatican drops hints to keep unwanted relatives away
- Friday, November 19 || Could Vin Scully’s prayers get Gil Hodges into the Hall of Fame?
- Thursday, November 18 || U.S. bishops spotlight programs on Eucharist, young people, moms in need
- Wednesday, November 17 || Communion statement aims to ‘retrieve and revive’ understanding
- Tuesday, November 16 || The legacy of my late mother’s love for the Eucharist
- Monday, November 15 || What eucharistic coherence looks like from the pews
- Friday, November 12 || Christianity’s inseparable pair: Martyrdom and the Mass
- Thursday, November 11 || Life, death, and the Eucharist: Why the world needs good liturgy
- Wednesday, November 10 || Abortion and the average Joes and Janes
- Tuesday, November 9 || Catholic school kids harvest hope in a South LA ‘food desert’
- Monday, November 8 || In fighting climate ‘war,’ can the Vatican and US play good cop/bad cop with China?
- Friday, November 5 || Archbishop Gomez warns against rise of ‘new political religions’
- Thursday, November 4 || Family honors slain Marine at East LA Dia de los Muertos event
- Wednesday, November 3 || LA’s local synodal process aims to draw ‘as many voices as possible’
- Tuesday, November 2 || Planned tribute aims to honor Chumash dead at Ventura mission
- Monday, November 1 || How the Virgin Mary became the ‘Queen of History’
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