Catholic Charities asks for donations to help LA area flooded by rain, mudslides

Record rainfall in Southern California led to flooding and landslides this week, particularly in the Los Angeles area, where the local branch of Catholic Charities is soliciting donations to help with relief efforts.

World Day of the Sick: Two lives went from serving to sick, and vice versa

At the annual World Day of the Sick Mass — this year happening on Feb. 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels — thousands will be attending to gain, at the very least, a blessing and a little bit of comfort from the infirmities they face every day.

Teens beat faculty in power wheelchair soccer at Crespi Carmelite High School

Six teens with Duchenne muscular dystrophy faced off against faculty and staff in a power wheelchair soccer game at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino on Tuesday, Jan. 30 as part of Catholic Schools Week.

The redemption story behind the music of the LA Requiem Mass

For a generation, Catholics from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have sung, prayed, lit candles, and wept each January during the Requiem for the Unborn.

OneLife LA 2024: 10th annual event shows a rainy resolve

There was no escaping the rain.

It permeated everything: clothes, jackets, socks, shoes. It soaked everything trying to prevent it, from umbrellas to hats to ponchos to covered baby strollers.

SoCal Catholics pray for courage to ‘speak up’ for unborn at 2024 Requiem Mass

Maria Consuelo Carrera has dedicated her public — and private — life to defending the rights of the unborn and praying for an end to abortion.

A Downey student got cancer. His school’s ‘prayer force’ helped conquer it

Miracles are nice but, truth be told, all Atticus Maldonado really wanted for Christmas was to be just another kid.

‘Life is beautiful!’ declares Archbishop Gomez as OneLife LA celebrates 10 years

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles founded OneLife LA a decade ago with a mission of promoting “the beauty and dignity of every human life from conception to natural death.” On Jan. 20, the annual gathering commences its 10th anniversary of celebrating life with the energy, prayer and particularly joyful sense of fellowship for which it has become known. The enthusiastic archbishop took time to chat with me about the event’s impact and significance.

Giving back to Guadalupe: An LA singer’s ‘Mañanitas’ miracle

On the cover: Local journalist and musician Rosy Oros had her “Guadalupe moment” with Our Lady at this year’s “Las Mañanitas” celebration at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Dec. 11-12. On Page 10, Angelus contributor Theresa Cisneros has the story of the near-death experience that Oros believes she survived only thanks to the prayers of the Virgin she’s held close to since childhood.

Cathedral hosts prayers for LA’s homeless dead as crisis worsens

Archbishop José H. Gomez called on Angelenos to look at those suffering on the streets with “new eyes” at an interreligious prayer service remembering the city’s homeless dead.