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  • LA ARCHDIOCESE TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE AS MINORS BY PRIESTS
    May 14, 2019  |  Press Releases, The Latest  |  

    Today, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles along with five other California Catholic dioceses announced their participation in a new initiative in California to provide pastoral …

  • Archbishop Gomez: The rosary in Mary’s month
    May 8, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    May is Mary’s month, a time in the Church when we reflect on our relationship with the mother of Jesus.

  • Statement regarding notice from Attorney General
    May 3, 2019  |  Press Releases, The Latest  |  

    Statement from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is committed to transparency and has established reporting and prevention policies and programs …

  • Archbishop Gomez: Born for a second time
    May 1, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    In this beautiful Easter season, I have found myself reflecting on the meaning of our baptism.

  • Archbishop Gomez: Statement on Easter bombings in Sri Lanka
    April 21, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    We are praying for our brothers and sisters who were killed this Easter morning in Sri Lanka. May they know the promise of the Resurrection and may God bring comfort to their families and their loved ones. Only love can conquer evil and violence, so we ask Jesus this morning for the courage to love and we pray for the conversion of every heart that is hardened by hatred. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is our mother and the mother of mercy, console those who are suffering and watch over all of us. And may God grant us peace.

  • Love is the reason
    April 17, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    As I write, we have entered into Holy Week, the week of salvation, the week of love.

  • Praying as children of God
    April 10, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    Jesus said that he knew where he came from and where he was going.
    This is what we all want to know. Not only about Jesus, but about our own lives. We want to know who we are, why we are here, and what is the purpose of our lives.

  • No longer servants, but friends
    April 3, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    In my reflections during this Lenten season, I have been trying to learn more from Jesus and to go deeper in making him the way for my life, so that I can know him even better and love him and serve him even more.

  • Why we serve
    March 26, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    As we continue on our Lenten journey, trying to grow in “the mind of Christ,” this week I want to reflect on another basic characteristic of the personality of Jesus Christ — his attitude of service.

  • A burning love for souls
    March 21, 2019  |  The Latest  |  

    In these Lenten columns, I am trying to study the Gospels and reflect more deeply on the human character of Jesus Christ — his priorities and concerns, his way of thinking, feeling, and acting.