As I write, we are making final preparations for OneLife LA, our annual procession and family festival celebrating the joy and beauty of human life.  This year’s procession will take […]

On Dec. 21, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Archbishop José H. Gomez led interfaith leaders in a memorial service for homeless men and women who died […]

The ancients used to talk about a “great chain of Being” and a “book of nature.” They used a word, teleology, to describe how all of creation, and all things […]

Like many of you, I have been doing some homework trying to understand artificial intelligence (AI) and reflect on what it will mean for individuals, society, and the Church’s mission.  […]

Immigration has become the defining issue of our times. Throughout Europe, popular political movements are rising in reaction to social tensions and disturbances caused by more than a decade of […]

Later this month, Pope Leo XIV will visit the ancient city of Nicea, now known as Iznik, in Turkey. The occasion is to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council […]

On Oct. 9-10, leaders from Catholic social justice, health care, and charitable ministries gathered at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, for the statewide conference “Pilgrims of Hope: Serving the […]

I know many of you have joined me in taking up Pope Leo XIV’s call for us to pray the rosary for peace every day during this month dedicated to […]

Recently I celebrated the centenary Mass at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church in Los Angeles, a parish run by the Augustinian religious order.  Pope Leo XIV, an Augustinian, sent […]

On Sept. 7, Archbishop Gomez celebrated Mass to open the new academic year at Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus in Pasadena. The following is adapted from his […]