Respect life in every moment

October is designated by the American bishops as “Respect Life Month.”  

As I write we are beginning our fifth annual Respect Life Week here in Los Angeles. We have a record 90 schools in the archdiocese participating in our programs this year, and I am pleased to report that 25 schools in the Archdiocese of Kansas City are also using our materials.

Las Vegas and God

Like many of you, I woke last week on the feast of the Guardian Angels to the news of another mass shooting in America — this time in Las Vegas.

A new spirit of compassion and cooperation

Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated the Red Mass in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1. The Red Mass is held prior to the beginning of each new term of the U.S. Supreme Court for the high court justices, leaders in national government and for those in the legal profession. The following is adapted from the archbishop’s homily. For his complete homily, click here.

The power of love

Our long, difficult summer in this country seems to continue without end.

Even as the violence of Charlottesville and its aftermath still weigh heavy on our hearts and minds, this past weekend we saw the outbreak of new violence and racial tensions in St. Louis.

The Mother of God and the family of God

On Aug. 26, Archbishop Gomez delivered this homily at the annual Queen of Angels Foundation Mass, which celebrates the founding of the city of Los Angeles.

Moving forward on immigration

As members of Congress return to Washington from their August recess, once more the air is filled with rumors and tensions over immigration.

AVANZANDO EN EL TEMA DE LA INMIGRACIÓN

Ahora que los miembros del Congreso están regresando a Washington después de su descanso de agosto, el ambiente está lleno una vez más de rumores y tensiones sobre el tema de la inmigración.

‘A house of prayer for all peoples’

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

It is great to be here!

I am honored to help you welcome Msgr. Kostelnik as your new pastor. As you know, we lived in the same house at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for five years — so I got to know him pretty good! I’m sure that you already like him and are happy that he is at St. Joseph’s. He is a good man and a good priest. A man of prayer and compassion and wisdom.

Archbishop Gomez calls on Catholics to become instruments of unity and healing to overcome new forms of racism and nationalism

In a homily delivered at two Los Angeles parishes this weekend, Archbishop José H. Gomez spoke out on the racial tensions that have been exposed in the wake of the Aug. 11–12 “Unite the Right” white-nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia.