Teaching priests how to preach

“A preacher,” says Msgr. Francis J. Weber, “has maybe a quarter of an hour a week to reach his audience at Mass with his homilies. But many of today’s preachers in our church are overwhelmed with so many responsibilities that they don’t have time to properly prepare.”

Different faiths come together to pray for homeless

Los Angeles County has the names of the 472 homeless people who died here from November 2015 to August 2016.

The coroner keeps a list of their names, their ages, the day they died and the city where they died — many in Los Angeles, but also homeless men and women in Covina, West Covina, Glendora, Duarte, La Puente, Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte and Whittier.

La tradición peruana de ‘El Señor de los Milagros’ echa raíces en EEUU

La veneración a la imagen de Cristo crucificado, plasmada por un angoleño en 1651 en Lima, Perú cruzó fronteras. Después de sobrevivir a desastres naturales y a la misma iglesia católica, es hoy una celebración popular en suelo sudamericano que los inmigrantes trasladaron a Estados Unidos.

Immaculate Heart sets the pace at cross-country meet

Despite warm temperatures last Saturday, Immaculate Heart High School’s cross country teams sizzled during the 43rd annual Bellarmine-Jefferson Invitational at Griffith Park.

Our Lady of Guadalupe returns to Ventura County parishes

A sacred, pope-blessed image of the Virgin Mary will visit seven Ventura County sites in November, a year after local parishes were bypassed on the annual Our Lady tour that brings processions, vigils and lines of pilgrims across the three-county Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

California, New Mexico bishops urge opposition to death penalty measures

Proposition 62 would replace the maximum punishment for murder with life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A priest and his love for Syrian refugees

While many priests grapple with budgetary concerns and a desire to fill pews, Father Bedrossian is wondering where he’s going to find the resources to house the next Syrian refugee who shows up on the church steps.

Virgen de Guadalupe inicia hoy peregrinaje en L.A

La comunidad católica de Los Ángeles se prepara para la visita de La Peregrina, una reproducción digital exacta de la imagen original de la Virgen de Guadalupe que reposa en la Basílica de la Ciudad de México.