Mass Honoring Health Care Professionals Set for Cathedral

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles will celebrate the annual White Mass Sunday to honor doctors, nurses and other health care professionals for their dedicated service in the archdiocese and many mission nations.

Mass Honoring Health Care Professionals Set for Cathedral

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles will celebrate the annual White Mass Sunday to honor doctors, nurses and other health care professionals for their dedicated service in the archdiocese and many mission nations.

Dia de los Muertos Celebration Set for East Los Angeles Cemetery

A traditional Dia de los Muertos celebration will be held from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.

Dia de los Muertos Celebration Set for East Los Angeles Cemetery

A traditional Dia de los Muertos celebration will be held from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.

Niños crean altares del Día de Muertos y aprenden acerca de la tradición

Keily Estrada, de 9 años, llevó la foto de su hermanito que falleció antes de nacer para ponerla en el altar.

“Se murió porque su corazón dejó de latir. Yo tenía 7 años cuando eso pasó”, dijo la niña apuntando a la foto. “No tenía nombre todavía, pero este altar significa todo para mí porque eso quiere decir que vendrá para ver lo que le hicimos…Le hice un altar con calaveritas de azúcar y flores”, añadió.

Inspire young people to be ‘everyday saints,’ archbishop says

To “capture the imagination” of young people and inspire them, church leaders should offer them the example of modern saints and call young people to be “everyday saints, each in his or her own way,” said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.

‘We need to show young people what holiness looks like’ Gomez tells synod

Young people should look to the “saints of our times,” as models of holiness, Archbishop Jose Gomez told the Synod of Bishops on Tuesday. The Archbishop of Los Angeles highlighted the example of the seven recently canonized saints in his speech to the assembly.

LA’s Salvadoran Americans Celebrate St. Romero

Archbishop Oscar Romero has been the informal patron saint of El Salvador since he was murdered by a right-wing death squad while saying mass in 1980 — but now it’s official.

Masses, celebrations in U.S. mark canonization of St. Romero

The modern-day Salvadoran martyr who advocated for the poor and oppressed was one of seven saints canonized by Pope Francis just hours before the celebration at the shrine.