Holy spouses, holy families

As synod 2015 began its final week of work, Pope Francis canonized a married couple, Louis and Zélie Martin, whose nine children included the Doctor of the Church, St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

Proclaim the beauty of God’s plan for the family

I am writing to you again this week from Rome, at the start of the second week of the Synod of Bishops on the family, which will run for two more weeks, when Pope Francis will celebrate the closing Mass on Oct. 25.

Pope Francis in America

What a privilege I felt to be in Washington and Philadelphia for Pope Francis’ visit to America and the World Meeting of Families.

A pope from the Americas comes to America

As I write to you this week, I am on my way to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia to take part in the World Meeting of Families and Pope Francis’ pastoral visit to our country.

The Spiritual Discovery of the New World: Junípero Serra’s Mission and America’s Religious Foundations and Future

Blessed Junípero Serra is one of the great figures in the history of the Church’s mission ad gentes — “to the nations.”

Doctor-prescribed death is the wrong choice for California

Last week, the California legislature voted to allow doctors to help their patients kill themselves.

This decision is deeply disturbing — and so is the process that led to this vote.

To be a bishop is a privilege of service

Today we give thanks because Pope Francis has given us these three fine men to be Auxiliary Bishops for the family of God here in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

To labor with love

In a recent audience, Pope Francis said: “In speaking about a serious, honest person, the most beautiful thing that can be said is: ‘He or she is a worker,’ one who works.”