Live video conference ties Rome, Los Angeles for Scholas offices’ opening

As Pope Francis inaugurated the new headquarters of the Scholas Occurrentes foundation Dec. 13 in Rome, an archbishop, an auxiliary bishop, a mayor and Catholic high school students gathered in Los Angeles for the launch of the foundation’s U.S. headquarters.

Pope Francis leads Simbang Gabi, tells Pinoys to be ‘smugglers of faith’

POPE FRANCISIt is necessary to purify our faith every day.

News of the occasion was revealed by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) earlier this month, adding it was the first time a pope would preside over the traditional mass.

Simbang Gabi 2019: ‘Come and celebrate as we encounter Christ; For we are one body’

The Filipino Ministry of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is now preparing for its annual Simbang Gabi celebration, which will be held on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 6:30 PM. The liturgy will be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, located at 555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is ‘mother of us all,’ says Los Angeles archbishop

Mary, the Mother of God is “the mother of all of us,” Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said in his homily for midnight Mass celebrated at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for the Dec. 12 feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Archbishop Gomez talks with religion teachers

Archbishop José Gomez heard “catechized questioning” when he met with 75 Catholics at Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills. They and their principals were invited by the Department of Catholic Schools to a third annual event that unites prayer with an open dialogue about best practices and intended results.

Every Catholic has duty to evangelize, archbishop tells Phoenix crowd

Thousands of faithful, religious and clergy from throughout Arizona and beyond streamed into Comerica Theatre in downtown Phoenix Dec. 2 to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Phoenix.

‘I just wanted to be a priest’: Archbishop Gomez elected president of USCCB

When he became a priest four decades ago, Archbishop Jose Gomez did not expect that he would one day lead the largest archdiocese in the U.S., or the country’s bishops’ conference.

USCCB president urges special prayers for pope’s 50 years as a priest

The Catholic faithful across the United States are being invited to pray for Pope Francis as he celebrates 50 years as a priest.

Catholic publications join in naming people of the year

With the close of 2019, Catholic publications joined the trend in naming people of the year by identifying Catholics who made a particular impact over the past 12 months.

Celebran el 88 aniversario de la procesión guadalupana en el Este de Los Ángeles

Decenas de miles de fieles del sur de California se reunieron en oración por la unidad y la paz durante la 88ª procesión anual y multitudinaria misa en honor a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y San Juan Diego, en el inicio de la temporada de Adviento y a la espera del nacimiento del niño Jesús, en Navidad.