New LA priests 2023: Sergio Sandoval Martinez

On June 3, Archbishop José H. Gomez will ordain eight new priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

New LA priests 2023: Luis Gerardo Peña

On June 3, Archbishop José H. Gomez will ordain eight new priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

New LA priests 2023: Rene J-C Haarpaintner

On June 3, Archbishop José H. Gomez will ordain eight new priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

New LA priests: Hieu D. Nguyen

On June 3, Archbishop José H. Gomez will ordain eight new priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Treasure in the fields: Meet this year’s ‘bumper crop’ of new transitional deacons

If fostering vocations to the priesthood can be compared to the work of planting, growing, and harvesting, then this class is a bumper crop.

New LA Archdiocese parish leadership assignments for 2023

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has released its “New Pastors and Administrators” assignments for 2023. Archbishop José H. Gomez has approved the following priests to be appointed pastors, effective July 1, 2023.

Our Lady of Refuge Church in Long Beach

Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated a special Mass with students and parishioners at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Long Beach marking the parish’s 75th anniversary — and Mother’s Day — on May 14. Our Lady of Refuge was founded in 1948, one of the first six parishes established in the Long Beach area after World War II. (Victor Alemán)

Mental health tops high-schoolers’ concerns at LA Scholas event

Seventeen-year-old Denise Salas choked back the emotion as she talked about her suicide attempt and the hospitalization that followed.

New ‘Garden of Healing’ in Ventura offers silent space for those hurt by abuse

The first thing you hear is the sound of water.

Water symbolizing purification. Prayer. Peace.

Late LA Mayor Riordan remembered for ‘heartfelt impatience’ at memorial Mass

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan was remembered as a generous soul who “got things done” for the city he loved at a memorial Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels April 28.