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2023
- 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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