ARZOBISPO CELEBRA LA MISA DE NAVIDAD EN LA CÁRCEL DE HOMBRES

El pasillo oscuro de la sección 1750 en la Cárcel Central de hombres- construida en la década de 1960 y ampliada en los años 70 -con pequeñas celdas individuales de barrotes verdes alineadas a un lado, es tan estrecho que la comitiva que visitó el lugar en la mañana de Navidad tuvo que pasar prácticamente de lado.

The beauty and mystery of Christmas

Merry Christmas! As I write these words, I am gathering my thoughts to prepare for the liturgies of Christmas.

Mercy is the question and the answer

On Sunday, Dec. 13 I had the privilege to open the Holy Doors of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to mark the start of this Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy.

What good does it do to pray?

The terror shootings in San Bernardino continue to trouble me and make me sad.

Advent and a year for mercy

Like many of you, as I was celebrating Thanksgiving, I was also following Pope Francis’ African pilgrimage in the media.

Faithful citizens and the cause of human life

I am writing you this week from Baltimore, where I am taking part in the annual meeting of the nation’s Catholic bishops.

Loving the Church

Our faith in Jesus Christ is deeply personal. But we do not have faith as solitary individuals. We do not believe on our own.

After 30 years of helping gang members, Father Greg Boyle is slowing a bit but still determined

In a small mortuary in East Los Angeles, a mother wept over the silver casket holding her son. Behind the pews, photos of Roger Soriano showed a young man throwing up gang signs with friends, a tattoo reading “J13” for Jardin 13 etched into his scalp.

Our God is the God of the living

Our God is the God of the living, not a God of the dead.

I am thinking about these words from Jesus today.

Proclaiming the mystery of family love

The Synod of Bishops on the family concluded this weekend. As I have been reporting, the Synod Fathers worked hard during these past three weeks. And this weekend we presented a final document that offers our Holy Father Pope Francis some good solid pastoral perspectives on the issues facing the Church and the family in modern society.