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2022

• 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’