World Youth Day Launches

“Dear friends, World Youth Day 2016 is open! Poland and Kraków rejoice at you,” said Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz during a special outdoor Mass kicking off the 31st WYD.

WYD: Day 1

Huge banners of Polish saints — St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. John Paul II and St. Faustina Kowalska — hung in the massive Mercy Center at the Tauron Arena where nearly 20,000 pilgrims gathered for English-language Mass, talks, catechesis and adoration.

World Youth Day pilgrims keep the faith via prayer and charity

Being young and Catholic in the globally-connected era of 2016 poses unique everyday challenges, both big and small, 18-year-old Christian Leon recently mused.

City of Angels, City of Saints

Next week, Pope Francis makes a private pilgrimage to Assisi.

He is going to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Our Lord’s appearance to St. Francis in the little chapel he called Portiuncula. While praying there on Aug. 1, 1216, Francis saw Jesus Christ and Our Blessed Mother Mary in heaven in the midst of a cloud of angels.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help celebrates 10 years of VBS

For the tenth year in a row, summertime meant Vacation Bible School was in session at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Downey. A team of 15 adults was assisted by 20 teen volunteers who helped make the 10th annual Vacation Bible School at OLPH a huge success.

To be an immigrant is to be a missionary

Today we are blessed to be praying in the presence of the relics of three saints — St. Junípero Serra, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and St. Toribio Romo.

New challenges to life and liberty

These are days when it can seem as if things are coming undone and breaking apart in our society.

A Way Forward On Immigration

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

The ‘Good Tidings’ Of Angelus

For more than 120 years, the family of God here in Los Angeles has been served by a fine Catholic newspaper, The Tidings.