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.

Pilgrims walk 35 miles between missions to ‘stand up’ for St. Junípero Serra

As he walked along Pacific Coast Highway near Carpinteria, Greg Wood had fallen behind the group of 300 people he was supposed to be leading on the fourth annual St. Junípero Serra Walking Pilgrimage.

LA Catholic organizations see rise in immigration services during election year

When Francisco Hernandez emigrated from El Salvador to the United States in 1989 fleeing poverty, unrest, and civil war, he made the trek with nothing but the clothes on his back.

To help LA Catholics better connect, C3 tech conference tries unplugging

The C3 Conference annually hosted by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is all about technology, but on Day 2 of this year’s event, there was hardly a laptop in sight. Nor an iPad. If there was a smartphone out, it was mostly for attendees to sneak a glance in between sessions.

Archdiocese of LA Associate Pastor changes, retirements for 2024

A list of pastoral assignment changes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles affecting associate pastors, special assignments, and retirements effective July 1.

Supreme Court’s homeless ruling a ‘step backward,’ LA Catholic workers say

The frayed silver-colored tarp wasn’t doing much to hide the makeshift mattress, collection of Big Gulp cups, or the stuffed panda bear strewn across the sidewalk in front of the Good Shepherd Center (GSC) on Beverly Boulevard.

Pilgrims see Eucharistic Congress as a response to ‘lukewarm’ Catholicism

For five days in mid-July, the streets of downtown Indianapolis were painted with the different colors of American Catholicism.

The LA story behind that big monstrance at the National Eucharistic Congress

Jesus Christ may have been the main protagonist at the National Eucharistic Congress, but the golden, unusually large monstrance used to carry him each night before thousands at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium caught people’s attention, too.