LA’s rookie auxiliaries return from Vatican’s ‘bishops school’

For a Catholic priest to be named a bishop, no prior training, achievements, or degrees are necessarily required.

Hope and anxiety at immigration Mass as presidential election nears

For years, Maria Tavares has attended the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual Mass for the immigrant community to show solidarity with fellow migrants and to pray for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform.

LA Archdiocese leads project to develop unused buildings for affordable housing

The state of California holds multiple first-place distinctions in the latest annual homeless report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — but none of them are positive.

LA Mass seeks to help mourners of suicide loss ‘live again’

Standing single file, a line of people formed halfway through Mass to bring white carnations to the altar at St. Agnes Church near downtown LA.

Podcaster priest preaches answer to ‘weight of your sins’ at LA breakfast

Experiencing the mercy of God requires discovering one’s own brokenness, keynote speaker Father Mike Schmitz told the sold-out crowd at this year’s Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

Father Mike Schmitz to headline sold-out LA Catholic Prayer Breakfast

Following his star turn at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis this summer, Father Mike Schmitz is set to headline the 19th annual Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast next Tuesday.

Top Catholic sisters share challenges, solutions at Hilton Foundation visit

Before his death in 1979, hotel magnate Conrad Hilton left behind two key instructions for the future of his charitable foundation: that aid be given to Catholic sisters, and that it be given with no “territorial restrictions.”

Bishop’s hospital visit emphasizes need for ‘spiritual care’ of patients

Norma Gonzalez was recovering from surgery at Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina when she got an unexpected visitor, one that made her feel like her suffering was over.

With football season here, meet the LA priests ministering to NFL teams

Father Richard Sunwoo was never a big sports fan. But when a student from Loyola High School came to him asking for help converting to Catholicism, he decided to meet with him every Sunday.

Early College Network offers LA Catholic students a unique advantage

Ava Ines was apprehensive about taking a college class online.

The summer before her first year of high school, she took an online course, “Global History to the Year 1500,” from Arizona State University (ASU) as a participant in the Early College Network (ECN), a program launched by the LA Archdiocese’s Department of Catholic Schools.