• Familia aboga por la reforma migratoria con su caso
    April 5, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Cuando a Claudia Pérez le informaron que a su hija de 2 años le quedaba un año de vida, no dudó en enfrentar los peligros para cruzar la frontera y salvar a la niña.
    “Estoy agradecida por esta gran nación, porque me ha dado lo que mi país no me dio”, dijo Pérez, durante la Vigilia Ecuménica que reunió ayer, en la Catedral de Nuestras Señora de Los Ángeles, a líderes religiosos de diferentes denominaciones para orar y pedir por una reforma migratoria.

  • Immigrants need mercy, justice, religious leaders at L.A. vigil say
    April 4, 2014  |  In The News, The Latest  |  No Comment

    Several of Southern California’s most prominent religious leaders gathered in downtown Los Angeles early Friday in a vigil for immigration reform, underscoring a growing interfaith effort to change the nation’s immigration laws.

    Several of Southern California’s most prominent religious leaders gathered in downtown Los Angeles early Friday in a vigil for immigration reform, underscoring a growing interfaith effort to change the nation’s immigration laws.

  • Local religious leaders unite for change in immigration law
    April 4, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Several of Southern California’s most prominent religious leaders held a vigil for immigration reform in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, underscoring a growing interfaith effort to change the nation’s laws.

    Immigrants who are in the United States illegally “need mercy and they need justice,” said Archbishop Jose Gomez, welcoming an array of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders to the gathering at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

  • COMUNIDAD: Clérigos continúan la presión por una reforma migratoria
    April 4, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    LOS ÁNGELES – Gabriela Pérez sufre de espina bífida, una malformación congénita en la que existe un cierre incompleto del tubo neural desde los primeros meses de vida. Hoy tiene 21 años y se moviliza en una silla de ruedas, pero aún así, con sus padres y hermanos lucha por una reforma migratoria junto con clérigos de distintas denominaciones.

  • Muslim, Jewish leaders join Archbishop on immigration reform
    April 4, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    For Catholic Angelenos, the setting for the prayer vigil was a familiar one — the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

    But the man speaking from the pulpit was a new face.

    “When people ask me as a Jew, why I care about comprehensive immigration reform, I answer because it is in our Jewish DNA,” said Rabbi Mark Diamond.

  • Interfaith clergy awareness of juvenile justice issues increases
    April 3, 2014  |  Around the ADLA, The Latest  |  No Comment

    Community Bible Church’s Senior Pastor Ruett Foster shared his own story to help the teenagers he sat with at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall open up and talk about their own lives.

    And Imam Abuishaq Abdulhafiz, from the Islamic Shura Council, was awestruck by the maturity of the teenage girls housed in the only female unit at the Sylmar detention center.

  • A new approach to ‘Together in Mission’
    April 3, 2014  |  Around the ADLA, The Latest  |  No Comment

    Together in Mission, part of the annual Catholic appeal in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, makes it possible for 37 parishes and 56 schools to continue serving their communities.

    “It appears to be off to a strong start,” said Anthony Sciacca, director of archdiocesan appeals, of the 2014 campaign. This year’s goal is to raise $15 million, money that would go straight to communities most in need.

  • The blessings of peacemaking
    April 3, 2014  |  The Latest  |  No Comment

    Jesus told us to expect the world we’re living in. “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars,” he told us.

    Our news is so often the tragic news of violence and conflict — in our homes, in the streets of our neighborhoods, in other nations.

  • Immigration and the Catholic Church
    April 2, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    The Catholic Church in the United States has been closely involved on issues related to immigration for over two hundred years. This video highlights the efforts that the Church has undertaken in the past and continues to do so in the present. Advocating on behalf of immigrant communities and providing pastoral support is central to the Church’s work. For more information regarding what the Church is doing today, please visit the Migration and Refugee Services website: http://www.usccb.org/about/migration-..

  • CREDENTIALING PROCESS FOR THE CANONIZATION OF BLESSED POPES JOHN PAUL II AND JOHN XXIII IN ROME TO CLOSE MONDAY, APRIL7
    April 1, 2014  |  Press Releases  |  No Comment

    Local celebrations to include New Evangelization Vigil for Blessed Pope John Paul II and Archdiocesan Mass of Thanksgiving at Cathedral in honor of the canonization …