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  • Arquidiócesis expande sus fondos de ayuda e incluye afectados de incendios en California
    October 12, 2019  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    La Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos, ha decidido expandir sus fondos de ayuda humanitaria para ayudar a los miles afectados por los incendios forestales en California, que han obligado a evacuar unos 23 mil hogares y movilizar mil bomberos.

  • ARCHBISHOP LISTECKI ON LIST OF 10 USCCB PRESIDENT CANDIDATES
    October 11, 2019  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released its list of 10 candidates to be president and vice president for the next three years, Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki’s name was on it.

  • How to help Southern California wildfire victims
    October 11, 2019  |  In The News  |  

    The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and American Red Cross are accepting donations that will help “provide tools, equipment and immediate disaster relief resources for responders and the thousands displaced or affected” by this week’s wildfires in Los Angeles and Riverside counties, according to the foundation’s website. Go to the foundation’s website at supportlafd.org or directly to the donation form at supportlafd.kindful.com/?campaign=1039312, or call 310-552-4139.

  • A day in the park for L.A.’s foster families
    October 10, 2019  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is hosting a day in the park to not only celebrate foster families throughout the archdiocese but to get to know these “heroes,” who are often unknown among the Catholic community.

  • As fostering reaches crisis point, activists make it a pro-life issue
    October 9, 2019  |  In The News  |  

    Most of us have a vague idea that there is a significant need for foster parents. As someone familiar with the abortion wars, I’m reminded of the fact often: Rarely does a week go by without someone making some version of the argument that we need abortion rights because of deep problems with America’s foster care system.

  • Realizan misa a favor de los migrantes
    October 8, 2019  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    Por sexto año consecutivo, fieles del Condado de Orange caminan durante tres días por 60 millas, hasta llegar a la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles. / victor alemán).

    Arzobispo Gomez: ‘No importa quiénes seamos, ni de dónde vengamos, todos formamos parte de una sola familia’

  • Foster families to be recognized in Los Angeles
    October 6, 2019  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    Archbishop José H. Gomez will celebrate the Mass in honor of Catholic foster families on Sunday, October 13 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles, to mark the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Life, Justice and Peace’s first Catholic Foster Family Appreciation Day. Foster care advocates and families from parish communities are invited to join the Mass to recognize the contributions of individuals and families who help to provide a home and care for the more than 34,000 children who are part of Los Angeles’ foster care system.

  • Sacerdotes venezolanos buscan ayuda para su país
    October 6, 2019  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    El P. Miguel Acevedo es uno de los pocos sacerdotes de origen venezolano que vive en Los Ángeles (Estados Unidos), y junto a otros presbíteros han empezado a reunirse para buscar formas de ayudar a los más necesitados, incluidos sus hermanos sacerdotes que permanecen en Venezuela.

  • Ten Things that Caught My Eye Today (October 3, 2019)
    October 3, 2019  |  In The News  |  

    I love this: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is celebrating foster families on October 13 with a Mass, picnic, and festival.

  • Notre Dame High School student’s half-court shot goes viral
    October 2, 2019  |  In The News  |  

    A local Catholic school student’s surprising half-court shot has achieved viral glory.

    Matthew Von Der Ahe is a student at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks. A video posted Sept. 14 by Instagram account “HouseOfHighlights,” which features a variety of viral sports highlights, showed Matthew, who has Down syndrome, making a long-distance shot on a basketball court before being immediately mobbed in celebration by a throng of fellow students.