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US bishops to issue statement on need for immigration reform
As the conclusion of a lengthy discussion on migration, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops decided Monday to draft a statement from their president expressing the need for humane and just immigration reform.
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Immigration leads agenda as U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops turns 100
he nation’s Catholic bishops, holding their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, will take up immigration, an issue on which they are in direct conflict with President Donald J. Trump.
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Día de los Muertos: Miles participan de celebración en Los Ángeles [FOTOS]
El Arzobispo de Los Ángeles, Mons. José Gomez, celebró la Misa y presidió la celebración cultural del Día de los Muertos en el Calvary Cemetery, en el este de la ciudad, el 4 de noviembre. En la metrópoli, la segunda más grande de Estados Unidos, casi la mitad de los habitantes son hispanos, y de ellos el 31% son mexicanos.
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THOUSANDS HONORED LIVES OF DEPARTED LOVED ONES AT DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATIONS AT CATHOLIC CEMETERIES IN EAST LA AND OXNARD
Archbishop Gomez Celebrated Mass at Calvary Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 4 before Cultural Celebration, including Performance by Mexican Regional Singer Helen Ochoa The Catholic Cemeteries …
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Religion and homelessness intersect at USC Roundtable
Religion and homelessness intersected on October 18 at a high-level roundtable hosted by the University of Southern California.
More than 50 religious and civic leaders, including Archbishop José H. Gómez and L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, gathered to share ideas regarding the homelessness crisis and how their communities can provide practical aid. The event was hosted by USC’s Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, Center for Religion and Culture, Office of Religious Life, Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness and the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
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Artista mexicano anima recuperar la espiritualidad del Día de los muertos
De los años en que su padre estuvo lejos, al artista Lalo García no se le olvidan dos cosas.
Una: la Noche de muertos a principios de noviembre, en la cual toda la gente de La Cieneguita, en su natal Michoacán, iba al camposanto en la isla de Janitzio a convivir con sus difuntos amados.
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Día de los Muertos en Estados Unidos: Una tradición que cruza fronteras
Una de las tradiciones más importantes de México es el Día de los Muertos que tiene lugar cada 2 de noviembre en ocasión de la conmemoración católica de los Fieles Difuntos. Con la migración de los mexicanos a Estados Unidos, esta festividad también ha traspasado fronteras y ahora se celebra en varias diócesis católicas del país norteamericano.
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Archbishop Vigneron one of two candidates to serve as next USCCB secretary
In November, the U.S. bishops are scheduled to elect the next secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a religious liberty committee chairman and chairmen-elect for five committees, as well as hear an update from the bishops’ working group on immigration.
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Highest Ranking Latino leader in the U.S. Catholic Church, Most Reverend, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez Challenges Our Approach to Immigration in America
Most Reverend, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez believes that our country is facing a humanitarian tragedy as a result of our nation’s failure to address the immigration issue. In his most recent publication, Immigration and the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation (Our Sunday Visitor: 2013), he asserts, “I believe our heritage as American Catholics gives us special responsibility in today’s debates over immigration reform.”
