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2021

December 20 || LA Archdiocese sues LAUSD, alleging it kept federal funds from Catholic schools
December 18 || LA Archdiocese sues LAUSD over denial of federal funds for low-income Catholic school students
December 15 || Las tradicionales posadas, un momento de celebración y unidad familiar
December 15 || After a harrowing shooting, Altadena sixth-grader counts Christmas blessings
December 15 || Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles celebrará posada
December 15 || ‘Simbang Gabi’ tradition sweeps across the globe from Vatican to North America
December 12 || ‘Las Mañanitas’ musical tribute to Our Lady of Guadalupe, welcomes season at LA cathedral
December 12 || Vuelve el esplendor guadalupano con celebración a la Virgen de Guadalupe
December 11 || Festejos por día de la Virgen de Guadalupe
December 11 || Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe en la Catedral de Los Ángeles y la Placita este 11 de diciembre
December 10 || Esta es la única reliquia de la imagen original de la Virgen de Guadalupe fuera de México
December 10 || Las medidas que deben tomar los feligreses que acudan a celebraciones de la Virgen de Guadalupe en Los Ángeles
December 10 || Con música y flores, comienzan las celebraciones a la Virgen de Guadalupe en la Placita Olvera
December 9 || The US archdiocese with a relic of the original Guadalupe image
December 7 || PHOTOS: Los Angeles, San Diego pay tribute to Our Lady of Guadalupe with processions, Masses after year hiatus
December 6 || Virgen de Guadalupe: Hace 90 años emigró de México a Los Ángeles
December 6 || Fieles se reencuentran con la Virgen de Guadalupe
December 6 || Celebran en Los Ángeles el Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe (YouTube)
December 6 || Arzobispo pide a la Virgen de Guadalupe por el fin de pandemia de COVID-19
December 5 || People Gather In East LA To Honor Our Lady Of Guadalupe
December 5 || La procesión de la Virgen de Guadalupe regresa a las calles de Los Ángeles
December 5 || Virgen de Guadalupe procession returns to East Los Angeles after pandemic year away
December 5 || L.A. to celebrate 90th annual procession to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 4 || Comienzan celebraciones del día de la virgen de Guadalupe
December 4 || Iglesia en Los Ángeles invita a procesión y Misa por la Virgen de Guadalupe y San Juan Diego
December 3 || After last year’s COVID closures, pilgrimages resume to honor Virgin of Guadalupe
December 2 || Los Ángeles: Procesión en honor a la Virgen de Guadalupe se celebrará por primera vez en persona
November 30 || Los Ángeles realizará una procesión y una misa para celebrar a la Virgen de Guadalupe
November 27 || Simbang Gabi Masses Slated From Dec. 15 to 23
November 25 || La Iglesia de la Placita abre sus puertas para alimentar a todos en Acción de Gracias
November 24 || El Día de Acción de Gracias
November 24 || Images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego tour Southern California
November 16 || Archbishop Gomez: ‘The Church exists to evangelize’
November 12 || Listen to Archbishop Gomez: Social justice begins with recognizing our common humanity
November 12 || In praise of Archbishop Gómez’s anti-racism
November 12 || Gomez: Church must proclaim Christ ‘boldly’ in response to ‘woke’ movements
November 11 || Free Holiday Pageant La Virgen de Guadalupe Dios Inantzin Returns To In Person Performance
November 9 || Catholic University Allows Student Group’s Planned Parenthood Fundraiser
November 8 || Saving Us from the Gospel of the Woke
November 6 || The Synod On Synodality
November 5 || State schools chief apologizes to private, parochial school leaders for mishandling federal Covid aid
November 4 || Archbishop Gomez addresses rise of ‘wokeness’, social movements in US
November 4 || Arzobispo alerta de nuevas “religiones políticas” como la woke: Son profundamente ateas
November 4 || Archbishop Gomez: Reflections on the Church and America’s New Religions
November 2 || Our Lady image tours parishes across Ventura County with cemetery visit Saturday
November 2 || Marine killed in Afghanistan honored by family on Día de Muertos
November 1 || How Some LA Churches Are Using Día De Los Muertos To Honor Those Lost To COVID-19
November 1 || Virtual Dia de los Muertos Celebration To Be Streamed From Cemetery
November 1 || Archbishop Prays at Día de los Muertos Celebration at Cemetery
November 1 || Los Angeles: Día de los Muertos en el Cementerio del Calvario será ‘Online’
November 1 || Conmemoración del Día de Muertos en el sur de California
October 31 || Finding hope on All Saints Day
October 31 || De camino al Sínodo
October 29 || Afghan crisis and pandemic make for another somber Día de los Muertos
October 29 || World Mission Day in the LA Archdiocese!
October 28 || Jersey Vargas pide al papa Francisco que interceda por los inmigrantes en su reunión con Biden
October 26 || Seeking Silence: Retreat Centers Experience COVID Boom
October 26 || Catholic doctor honored for service during COVID-19 pandemic
October 25 || Catholics in Santa Monica tackle climate change
October 25 || For months, California private schools have been waiting for ’emergency’ Covid aid
October 24 || Health care professionals mass to be celebrated at cathedral
October 23 || Imagen de la Virgen de Guadalupe viaja desde Los Ángeles a la Isla Catalina
October 23 || Archdiocese plans series of mental health workshops
October 14 || St. John’s Seminary gala honors alumni
October 14 || La imagen de la Virgen de Guadalupe es restaurada! (YouTube)
October 2 || Jubilee Year
October 1 || Four priests on prayer for the busy exec
September 30 || Mission San Gabriel: Like a Phoenix It Rises Again
September 30 || In Awe of All People
September 29 || St. Brigid Kicks-Off Century of Service By Helping the Homeless
September 27 || ‘Our Lady of Guadalupe’ mural at Camarillo church honors COVID-19 victims
September 25 || All Souls School in Alhambra Adds New Building for STEAM
September 24 || Alhambra Catholic school doubles down on dual language programs
September 24 || Saint Joseph Summit begins Thursday
September 23 || Century-old parish is a ‘kaleidoscope of faith’
September 22 || Arquidiócesis exhibe obras de arte para celebrar 250 años de misión en Los Ángeles
September 22 || Los Angeles Area Red Cross Blood Drives Coming Up Soon
September 20 || Local artists add beauty to Los Angeles exhibit ‘250 Years of Mission’ to celebrate Jubilee Year
September 19 || Arzobispo de Los Ángeles oficia una ceremonia en apoyo y reconocimiento de los inmigrantes en EEUU (YouTube)
September 17 || Educando a los latinos sobre las vacunas contra el covid-19
September 16 || Dawn Unity Column: Interfaith group celebrates 20th anniversary with panel series
September 16 || Letter: Stop the slander of Father Serra
September 13 || Archbishops criticize ‘outrageous’ claims against St Junipero Serra
September 12 || Don’t Slander St. Junípero Serra
September 12 || 250th anniversary of Mission San Gabriel marks a jubilee year and new beginning
September 8 || Funeral Mass for long-serving parish priest and leader at Santa Maria’s oldest Catholic Church
September 8 || Renowned Filipino conductor to lead choir at Virgen de los Remedios Mass in LA
September 8 || New Holy Family Pastor Encourages ‘Dreaming Big’
September 1 || Jeannie Gaffigan hosts panel urging Catholics to get COVID-19 vaccines
August 30 || ‘Tardeada’ fundraiser in Boyle Heights raises money for annual Guadalupe Procession in December
August 26 || Archbishop Gomez Declares Jubilee Year for 250th Anniversary of Mission San Gabriel
August 24 || LA Archbishop Urges Catholics To Get Vaccinated: ‘It’s Our Community That’s At Stake Here’
August 17 || How to Raise a Warrior of Faith
August 16 || South Bay History: Mary Star of the Sea church, schools a vital part of San Pedro community
August 16 || Priest killed, one missing as church assesses damage from Haiti quake
August 12 || Los cambios que se verán en las escuelas católicas de Los Ángeles durante el regreso a clases
August 12 || California Cancels the Saint Who Helped Found It
August 9 || L.A. volunteers say end to Masses for migrant children is bittersweet
August 9 || Las medidas anunciadas por la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles para evitar casos de coronavirus en iglesias
August 7 || LAUSD Withheld Title I Funds For Catholic Schools
August 6 || Keeping a sacred vigil for internationally known artist John August Swanson
August 5 || Saint Anne’s Church celebrates Seal Beach centennial
August 4 || California finds LA Unified School District illegally kept millions in funds from Catholic schools
July 30 || State finds LA public school district kept millions of federal funds from Catholic schools
July 28 || Los Angeles Area Red Cross Blood Drives Coming Up Soon
July 26 || Arzobispo Jose Gómez celebra misa en honor a los abuelitos y personas mayores
July 25 || José Gomez celebrates Mass honoring grandparents and the elderly (Spectrum News 1) || KFI AM 640
July 23 || The Beauty Within- Wrentham nuns stories inspire new podcast
July 13 || Archbishop Gomez: U.S. Church Offers ‘Heartfelt Prayers’ for Pope Francis’ Recovery
July 11 || LA’s St. Vincent de Paul Parish returns to indoor Mass after more than a year of closure
July 10 || Gomez: U.S. church offers ‘heartfelt prayers’ for Pope Francis’ recovery
July 9 || Archbishop Gomez: On July 4, let’s also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding
July 3 || Gomez: On July 4, let’s also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding
July 3 || Annual VOX VITAE Catholic pro-life leadership camp goes virtual in 2021
July 2 || Archbishop Gomez: Catholic Missionaries Such as St. Junípero Witness to the ‘American Creed’
July 1 || “His primary identity was as a priest”: The truth about Junípero Serra
June 30 || Bishop Gallegos documentary EWTN
June 28 || For one LA Catholic church, meeting indoors is ‘historic’ after wave of COVID-19 deaths
June 27 || Archbishop Gomez proclaims Jubilee year starting in September
June 23 || Anonymous donor commits $50 million for Catholic school students
June 21 || For one LA Catholic church, meeting indoors is ‘historic’ after wave of COVID-19 deaths
June 21 || More dioceses require Catholics to return to Sunday Mass
June 20 || En Los Ángeles, los feligreses vacunados contra el covid-19 pueden acudir a misa sin tener que usar mascarilla
June 20 || LA Archdiocese gives go-ahead for churches to fully reopen indoors
June 20 || Archdiocese of LA resumes full capacity church services, lifts mask requirement for vaccinated
June 20 || Face Coverings No Longer Required For Parishioners Who Are Fully Vaccinated
June 19 || Confused? Here’s what really happened at the USCCB meeting everyone is talking about
June 18 || $50 million anonymous gift supports students at Los Angeles Catholic schools
June 17 || Abp. Gomez call for unity
June 14 || Arquidiócesis en Estados Unidos levanta dispensa de asistencia a Misa dominical
June 14 || Estos son los protocolos para las iglesias de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles ante aperturas
June 13 || “Me gusta la idea”: iglesias en Los Ángeles reabrirán por completo el próximo 19 de junio
June 13 || LA County coronavirus rules will ease this week, but experts say don’t toss those masks just yet
June 13 || Los Angeles Archdiocese to drop mask, social distancing requirements for vaccinated parishioners
June 13 || LA County Archdiocese to Fully Reopen June 19 (NBC Los Angeles) || Spectrum News 1
June 12 || Coronavirus: L.A. County Archdiocese to fully reopen June 19 (Los Angeles Daily News) || KFI AM 640 || KTLA 5 News
June 12 || La Arquidiócesis del Condado de Los Ángeles reabrirá por completo el 19 de junio
June 11 || Young volunteers get Pico-Union church ready for in-person services after pandemic
June 5 || Grace Mercado Is Set To Take Over San Pedro’s Little Sisters Of The Poor Home For The Elderly
June 3 || Archbishop to unaccompanied immigrant children: ‘God is always with us’
June 3 || Parroquia St. Thomas se prepara para recibir a sus feligreses
June 2 || Bishops hold emergency meeting on immigration: ‘We have the duty to take care of one another’
June 2 || God is always with us, archbishop tells unaccompanied immigrant minors
May 31 || In-Person, Virtual Memorial Day Events Held Across LA County
May 30 || Mix of virtual, in-person Memorial Day observances planned for LA County
May 28 || Papa Francisco, Norma Pimentel y José Gómez: La «trinidad» de los niños migrantes
May 28 || Celebrating the Class of 2021
May 26 || Los Angeles clergy celebrate Mass for unaccompanied migrant children
May 20 || Charity is fundamental to politics, Pope Francis tells youth
May 20 || A front seat to history
May 17 || Shirley Contreras: The Maryknoll Sisters’ short but happy association with Guadalupe
May 14 || Worth driving to: Church of the Holy Innocents, Long Beach
May 14 || Obispo de California podría ser el primer santo estadounidense de origen hispano
May 13 || St. Junipero Serra, Founding Father
May 12 || Altar bread industry another victim of COVID-19
May 7 || Catholics should staunchly defend voting rights through dialogue, action — Cardinal Roger M. Mahony
May 4 || Throughout May, join the worldwide Rosary marathon
May 1 || New Pastor Comes to Holy Family Church in South Pasadena
April 30 || Slain Guatemalan migrant leaves behind legacy of faith in two countries
April 29 || Hyde Amendment has long bipartisan history but an uncertain future
April 29 || Virgin of Guadalupe mural, St. John and Mary statues vandalized in California Catholic churches
April 28 || Captado en cámara: A golpes destruyen el rostro de la Virgen de Guadalupe en mural
April 28 || Faith and Justice
April 28 || Play Equity: We’ve Only Scratched the Surface Custom Content by the Los Angeles Business Journal
April 27 || Editorial: Throughout May, join the worldwide Rosary marathon
April 27 || La Verne: Damien High School Launches Inaugural Week Of Giving
April 26 || Healing culture by communicating presence
April 26 || Second-Shot-Skipping Angelenos Bedevil Health Officials
April 23 || New books offer unique perspectives on long road to sainthood
April 22 || Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles anuncia novena por víctimas de abuso sexual
April 20 || Art matters with Edward Goldman Of Gods And Muses
April 17 || A hard-hit community needed vaccines. Here’s how a clinic came together in a church parking lot
April 15 || Archbishop Gomez: Gospel is the answer to the ‘new religion’ of secularism
April 13 || La Salle College Preparatory in Pasadena Names New Principal
April 12 || NCEA convention highlights Catholic educators in challenging pandemic year
April 11 || Catholic educators share unexpected lessons of teaching in pandemic (Crux Now) || Our Sunday Visitor
April 9 || An L.A. faith group believes prayer can help COVID patients, despite scientific skeptics
April 8 || Migrant Surge at the Border, Paid Family Leave, and Faith on Campus
April 6 || Arcebispo explica como viver a fé na Páscoa em meio à pandemia
April 6 || Faithful reminded on Easter that Christ ‘loves us,’ is ‘with us forever’
April 4 || Easter Sunday Mass from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
April 4 || Domingo de Pascua en tiempos de pandemia: así vivieron este día los fieles en el sur de California
April 3 || LA Catholic Leaders Hold Prayer Vigil In Solidarity With AAPI Communities
April 1 || “Para mí es un gran milagro”: feligreses piden la canonización del Obispo del Barrio
March 23 || St. Francis High School Congratulates its Christian Service Award Recipients
March 21 || La iglesia católica contra el coronavirus
March 21 || Las matrículas consulares son identificaciones válidas para vacunarse contra COVID en LA
March 20 || Pope asks Catholics to ‘go to Joseph,’ seek his guidance, says archbishop
March 19 || Arzobispo de Los Ángeles: San José nos enseña a servir a Jesús y amar a María
March 19 || ¿Hay Semana Santa en Estados Unidos? ¿Cómo se celebra?
March 19 || Archbishop Gomez calls on Catholics to trust in St Joseph
March 19 || U.S. bishops urge passage of immigration reform bills
March 17 || North Hollywood priest takes St. Patrick’s Day message on the road during pandemic
March 15 || Devotion to Julia Greeley grows as beatification cause advances in Rome
March 13 || Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, March 13-20
March 2 || L.A. priests unabashed about getting vaccine
February 26 || Latino churches in Los Angeles County will now serve as COVID-19 testing sites
February 26 || Cuaresma, tiempo de renovación y de esperanza” en L’osservatore romano de esta semana
February 25 || New book highlights inspiring, challenging stories of six Black Catholics
February 23 || L.A.’s virtual congress offers participants ‘hope, vision’ for the future
February 19 || Pope tells attendees of L.A.’s virtual congress to proclaim God’s promise
February 19 || Papa Francisco alienta a anunciar el Evangelio con esperanza
February 19 || In crises, one’s heart is revealed: Pope speaks to LA conference
February 19 || Papa Francisco: En la pandemia hace falta actuar como buen samaritano
February 19 || Pope: the pandemic can give rise to a worldwide aspiration to fraternity
February 19 || Videomensaje del Santo Padre al Congreso de Educación Religiosa patrocinado por la Archidiócesis de Los Ángeles
February 19 || Pope Francis tells L.A. Religious Congress that ‘in crisis, one’s heart is revealed’
February 19 || Pope to California congress participants: Let yourselves be struck by what you see
February 19 || Pope to Proclaim the Promise Congress: ‘Dream and look ahead!
February 19 || Archbishop Gomez urges prayer, support for those affected by winter storm
February 18 || En Miércoles de Ceniza piden por los trabajadores esenciales
February 18 || Pope Francis to religious education conference: Pandemic invites us to be changed by suffering
February 17 || Churches Take Different Approaches to Keeping the Faith as COVID-19 Rules Change
February 17 || Coronavirus Forces Changes To Distribution of Ashes For Ash Wednesday (KFI AM 640) || My News LA || NBC Los Angeles
February 17 || Christians observe Ash Wednesday
February 17 || Miércoles de Ceniza en medio de la pandemia
February 17 || Católicos celebran el Miércoles de Ceniza con grandes cambios debido al coronavirus (La Opinión) || Telemundo 52
February 17 || Reciben bendición del Miércoles de Ceniza en bolsitas para evitar al coronavirus en Los Ángeles
February 16 || Aumenta la presión para que se abran las escuelas de Los Ángeles
February 15 || EWTN airs biography of Bishop Gallegos Feb. 20
February 15 || Cathedral, Hollywood Church to Mark World Marriage Day at Sunday Masses
February 14 || Conmemoran el Día Mundial del Matrimonio en las misas dominicales
February 14 || Photos: World Marriage Day Mass coincides with Valentine’s Day at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
February 13 || Unidos en el amor y en enfermedad de COVID: parejas que viven para contarla
February 11 || El Congreso de Educación Religiosa de Los Ángeles 2021 será virtual
February 8 || Los Angeles is struggling with vaccine distribution equity. Can the Catholic Church help?
February 3 || Churches in LA’s working-class neighborhoods urge: ‘bring the vaccine to the people’
February 2 || Regreso a clases con todas las medidas de protección en Boyle Heights
February 1 || Students Dress As Essential Workers To Return To In-Person Classes At Resurrection Catholic School In Boyle Heights (CBS News) || ABC 7
February 1 || Vestidos como doctores, estudiantes de una escuela en Los Ángeles homenajean a trabajadores esenciales
January 28 || Some LA County Catholic schools prepare for return to the classroom
January 26 || People gather for life in person in San Francisco, online in Los Angeles
January 25 || Archdiocese of LA expanding contactless services for funeral arrangements amid pandemic (ABC 7) || Los Angeles Daily News
January 23 || Virtual Version of OneLife LA Celebration Held
January 22 || OneLife LA returns with virtual celebration
January 22 || Catholic Cemeteries, Mortuaries to Offer Contactless Options Amid Pandemic
January 19 || Without faith, society has no solid foundation says archbishop
January 18 || Archbishop Gomez, president of USCCB: ‘We face the same choices that Rev. King and the civil rights movement faced’
January 18 || Abp. Gomez: As Rev. King urged, meet forces of hate with love
January 17 || OneLife vuelve este 2021 con celebración virtual desde Los Ángeles
January 16 || ‘A failure’ of love and solidarity creates societal divisions, says archbishop
January 15 || OneLife LA, evento virtual con música, charlas y servicios comunitarios
January 14 || What these religious leaders would change about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
January 13 || What do we owe immigrants? Love, says Archbishop Gomez
January 13 || New Marian tapestry unveiled at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
January 12 || Nuestro deber urgente
January 3 || ‘A wing and a prayer.’ Financial crisis has Catholic schools struggling to serve low-income students
January 1 || Catholic magazine highlights how people ‘found God in a troubled