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El arzobispo Gómez dará misa en el albergue de niños migrantes en Los Ángeles
Los obispos y sacerdotes de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles recibieron un permiso especial para celebrar misas desde principios de mayo para los cientos de menores migrantes no acompañados alojados en el albergue establecido en Long Beach y en el Fairplex de Pomona.
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What’s new — and what isn’t — about the ‘eucharistic coherence’ debate
The first thing to realize about the U.S. bishops’ concern with pro-choice Catholic politicians who receive holy Communion is that, from the bishops’ point of view, the issue isn’t politics, but, rather the reverence due the Eucharist and the perilous spiritual situation of someone who receives the sacrament unworthily.
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Charity is fundamental to politics, Pope Francis tells youth
Charity is a necessary part of politics, Pope Francis told youth from around the world on Thursday.
“Politics are the highest form of charity. Love is a political matter. Love is for everybody, and when love is not universal, politics fail in their intent,” Pope Francis said, through a Vatican News language interpreter, on Thursday.
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A front seat to history
You could say Cardinal Justin Rigali has had an altar seat to Catholic Church history.
From his youth in Los Angeles to assisting at Vatican II to a diplomatic assignment in Madagascar to serving four popes and to being the shepherd of two major U.S. archdioceses, Cardinal Rigali has seen his vocation to the priesthood take him around the globe.
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Shirley Contreras: The Maryknoll Sisters’ short but happy association with Guadalupe
The Maryknoll Sisters came to Guadalupe in June of 1942 with a general assignment of teaching Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic church, and carrying out various social service activities, as well as with the community’s medical needs, and lived in a convent at 1142 Guadalupe Street.
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Worth driving to: Church of the Holy Innocents, Long Beach
Mass times Sunday, 9 a.m. (traditional Latin Low Mass), 11 a.m. (offered ad orientem, facing East, away from the people, since 2011) and 1 p.m. (Spanish, ad orientem). Weekday Mass, 8 a.m. (on the school playground). Saturday, 8 a.m. The church makes use of altar rails, so Holy Communion can be received kneeling and on the tongue.
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Obispo de California podría ser el primer santo estadounidense de origen hispano
El Obispo Alfonso Gallegos podría convertirse en el primer santo estadounidense de origen hispano. En nuestra Asignación Especial, Alejandra Ortiz presenta la primera parte “Camino a la Santidad”.
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St. Junipero Serra, Founding Father
The San Gabriel, Calif., Fire Department and Archdiocese of Los Angeles recently confirmed what many had long suspected: The fire that almost destroyed Mission San Gabriel Arcángel last year was arson. John David Corey Jr. , 57, was charged with the crime last week and faces up to 14 years in prison if convicted.
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Becoming what we pray
The prayers that we say during Mass are a treasure of spirituality.
During this Easter season that we are now concluding, I was again struck by the force of these prayers — the Collect, the Prayer Over the Offerings, and the Prayer After Communion.
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Altar bread industry another victim of COVID-19
Of the many ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Catholic Church, one has gone largely unnoticed
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