Teens continue NCYC trading tradition on the West Coast

From top hats to turkeys, from crowns to cows, one could be forgiven for thinking the packs of teens sporting odd caps and headbands were attending a hat convention rather than a religious one.

‘Estar donde Dios quiere que yo esté’ por Monseñor José H. Gomez

El 15 de noviembre en Baltimore, el Arzobispo José H. Gomez pronunció su último discurso ante los obispos de la nación como Presidente de la Conferencia de los Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos. Su mandato de tres años ha terminado. A continuación, se presenta una adaptación del discurso.

‘To be where God wants me to be’

On Nov. 15 in Baltimore, Archbishop José H. Gomez delivered his final address to the nation’s bishops as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. His three-year term has ended. The following is his full farewell address.

The ‘young Church’ comes to Long Beach for national teen gathering

He thought he would stay on the sidelines. But Jacob Olivares found himself in the center of it all.

LA catechists welcome return of in-person regional religious ed congresses

For years, religious education leaders in the LA Archdiocese could measure the passage of time with the Regional Congress.

LA’s Eritrean Catholics stand in solidarity with arrested bishop

Eritrean Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim has always encouraged his people to engage in all-night prayer vigils. So the immediate response of Eritrean Catholics to news that the 52-year-old bishop was arrested last month was three nights of unceasing prayer, organized by Eritreans in the United States and Canada.

Eighth graders’ Día de los Muertos altars honor Uvalde victims

On Día de los Muertos, the Spanish celebration for the Day of the Dead, Catholics across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles gathered at local cemeteries to remember those who have died.

Survivor helps inaugurate LA’s first ‘Garden of Healing’ for abuse victims

Joe Montanez walked up to the first designated “Garden of Healing” in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, just outside the front doors of the St. Camillus Center for Pastoral Care near East LA.

D.C.’s cardinal praises ‘precious gift of freedom’ at LA Red Mass

Speaking to LA-area legal professionals and civic leaders, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington, D.C., praised the court system as a reliable expression of “our freedom as a nation and as a people” amid uncertainty over the economy and upcoming midterm elections.

LA sister’s prison ministry marks 20 years in the ‘mercy business’

Sister Mary Sean Hodges and Tony Kim could hardly believe their ears.

They had just received the news that their prison ministry, the Partnership for Re-Entry Program (PREP), had been awarded $800,000, the biggest grant in its history. It was an anniversary gift of sorts from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, coming as PREP celebrates 20 years of restorative justice in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.