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  • Mass calling for immigration reform draws thousands to downtown LA
    July 17, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered for a special Mass Sunday in support of comprehensive immigration reform at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.

  • Misión de Santa Bárbara
    July 17, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Para muchos bajacalifornianos pasa desapercibido el hecho de que en lo que hoy es el estado de California, Estados Unidos, también existen misiones, y que las misiones de dicho estado fueron una continuación de las de Baja California. Es decir, Baja California y California tiene la misma raíz histórica, originada desde el siglo XVI, cuando los primeros navegantes españoles empezaron a explorar la costa del Pacífico de Norteamérica, y continuada durante la expansión del proyecto misional hacia la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII.

  • Peregrinación migrante en Los Ángeles
    July 16, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    La distancia entre la iglesia Santiago de Compostela, en la ciudad de Lake Forest del condado de Orange y la Catedral de Los Ángeles supera las 50 millas. Un grupo de feligreses católicos aceptó recorrerla a pie como un sacrificio previo a una multitudinaria misa que este domingo 17 de julio celebrará a los migrantes de este país.

  • Pro-life training camp for youth, adults launches in southern California
    July 13, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    The California assisted suicide law that allows doctors to prescribe lethal medications for terminally ill patients went into effect on June 9.

  • lives dedicated to God and God’s people
    July 9, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Remember: You belong to God from eternity to eternity. You were loved by God before you were born; you will be loved by God long after you die. Your human lifetime—long or short—is only a part of your total life in God. The length of time doesn’t matter. Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say to God: “I love you, too.” – Henri J. Nouwen

  • St. Rose of Lima Carnival opens today
    July 7, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    “Disneyland in your backyard” is how Don Runyon, carnival chairman for the three-day carnival at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Simi Valley, describes the July 8-10 event.

  • New L.A. media platform utilizes print and digital formats, social media
    July 6, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    The new multimedia platform created by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has as its patron St. Junipero Serra and aims to follow his example as the first to evangelize in California.

  • Saints, martyrs and the cross – Archbishop Gomez on true freedom
    July 6, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    As church leaders rallied U.S. Catholics to defend their faith against an increasingly antagonistic society and government, the relics of Blessed Oscar Romero and St. Junipero Serra made an appearance at the Los Angeles cathedral.

  • A case of conscience and national identity
    July 4, 2016  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    Our nation’s failure to address the immigration issue has led to a persistent air of crisis and a true humanitarian tragedy.

    In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent deadlock in United States v. Texas, I called on President Obama and Congress to agree to halt deportations of nonviolent individuals pending the outcome of the national elections this fall.

  • La Catedral de Los Ángeles inaugura una muestra de reliquias religiosas
    July 3, 2016  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    La catedral de Los Ángeles, California (EE.UU.), expone desde hoy una muestra de reliquias religiosas con restos y objetos de los mártires ingleses Tomás Moro y Juan Fisher, así como del arzobispo salvadoreño Oscar Romero y el español Junípero Serra.