• Arzobispo de Los Ángeles oficia una ceremonia en apoyo y reconocimiento de los inmigrantes en EEUU
    September 19, 2021  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Decenas de personas asistieron a la misa, pero antes de ello participaron en una peregrinación por cerca de 60 millas y varios condados, todo con el fin de resaltar la historia logros de la comunidad inmigrante en el país. En la celebración religiosa, la cual se efectuó en la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles, las oraciones se elevaron por quienes están en busca de asilo en las fronteras.

  • Educando a los latinos sobre las vacunas contra el covid-19
    September 17, 2021  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Los latinos hemos estado al frente de la pandemia por más de año y medio.

    Desde diferentes campos laborales como empleados esenciales, enfermeras y trabajadores agrícolas, nuestra gente ha trabajado duro desde el principio para asegurarse que todos tengamos lo necesario para sobrevivir la pandemia, que trágicamente se ha llevado la vida demás de 600,000 estadounidenses. Según el CDC, esto incluye más de 114,000 latinos que han fallecido por COVID-19.

  • Dawn Unity Column: Interfaith group celebrates 20th anniversary with panel series
    September 16, 2021  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Who would have thought two decades ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks, that Dawn Unity would be celebrating 20 years of interfaith education? Some things are constant and some changed over our existence. We remain committed to educating people about their neighbors’ faiths through scholarly discussion by qualified representatives of their religions. And, we are committed to doing this through respect for all religions and their followers.

  • Letter: Stop the slander of Father Serra
    September 16, 2021  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Honorable Governor, please send back for re-write AB 338 and stop the slander of Father Serra. Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone and Jose H. Gomez publicly defended Father Saint Junipero Serra. They oppose the parts of AB 338 that slander Serra. I agree.

  • LA Archdiocese aims to evangelize through jubilee ‘pilgrimage sites’
    September 16, 2021  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Thanks to Mission San Gabriel’s 250th birthday celebration this year, Los Angeles is getting the closest thing to a local “Camino Real” since the days of the first Spanish missionaries.

  • Love is the reason
    September 15, 2021  |  The Latest  |  No Comment

    On Sept. 8, Archbishop Gomez led a candlelight prayer service to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The following is adapted from his homily.

  • Archbishops criticize ‘outrageous’ claims against St Junipero Serra
    September 13, 2021  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    A California bill to replace a statue of St. Junipero Serra at the state capitol unfairly slanders the saint’s legacy, two archbishops claimed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Sunday, Sept. 12.

  • It’s time to start telling the truth about St. Junípero Serra
    September 13, 2021  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Misinformation and deliberate disinformation continue to surround the memory of St. Junípero Serra, the Apostle of California.

  • LA opens doors to San Gabriel jubilee year hoping in ‘a new start’
    September 13, 2021  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    All eyes were on Archbishop José H. Gomez, Saturday, Sept. 11, as he approached the imposing bronze doors that form the main entrance to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The eyes that followed him belonged to local faithful of all stripes, from consecrated and lay religious members in their habits, caps, and capes to families with young children braving the summer heat, brimming with anticipation.

  • Don’t Slander St. Junípero Serra
    September 12, 2021  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    California lawmakers have passed legislation to replace a statue of St. Junípero Serra at the Capitol in Sacramento with a new monument honoring the state’s native peoples. The Serra statue has been in storage since it was torn down by protesters in July 2020. A humble 18th-century Franciscan priest, Serra would surely approve of a new monument honoring the indigenous Californians he spent his life serving. Unfortunately, the legislature has gone further, slandering his name and pushing a false narrative about the mission period in California.