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2022

• 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’