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  • Be witnesses to the resurrection
    April 22, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    In the Easter season the Church celebrates the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    This is a season in which we share the joy of those first apostles, who lived with the risen Lord as he taught them the meaning of the Scriptures and strengthened their faith and prepared them to go out and bear witness to his resurrection.

  • VATICAN CONFIRMS CANONIZATION OF BLESSED JUNIPERO SERRA FOR SEPTEMBER 23
    April 20, 2015  |  Press Releases, The Latest  |  

    Archbishop Gomez to Speak at Special Conference Honoring Serra in Rome May 2; New Website on the Life and Legacy of Blessed Junipero Serra Launched …

  • STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF CARDINAL FRANCIS E. GEORGE, OMI, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF CHICAGO
    April 17, 2015  |  Press Releases, The Latest  |  

                      Cardinal George was a friend and a strong Church leader. I will miss him. He was …

  • The mission of mercy
    April 14, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    In this season of the Resurrection, Pope Francis has given us a great gift.

    He has announced a Holy Year, an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. It will start during Advent, on Dec. 8, the Immaculate Conception, and it will continue until Christ the King Sunday, November 20, 2016.

  • Easter and religious freedom
    April 7, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    It was a beautiful Easter. More than 10,000 people came to join us for worship services at the cathedral during Holy Week. And across the archdiocese, we baptized nearly 2,000 new Christians at Easter.

  • ¡Que viva el Beato Oscar Romero!
    March 25, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    In God’s providence, the beautiful and challenging Gospel passage that we just heard was the same Gospel that was proclaimed at the final Mass celebrated by Archbishop Oscar Romero, 35 years ago this week.

  • It is time to end the death penalty
    March 18, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    It is time for our country to put an end to the death penalty.

    There is a case pending right now in the U.S. Supreme Court that is looking at the practical problems with the way capital punishment is administered through lethal injections. The justices will hear arguments on the issue next month.

  • Religious education and the encounter with Christ
    March 13, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    As I write, I’m getting ready for our annual Religious Education Congress, as I know many of you are, too.

    The Congress is one of the high points of every year here in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles — and it has been for decades.

  • Vatican appoints new San Diego bishop
    March 4, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    This morning, Pope Francis named Bishop Robert McElroy, Auxiliary of San Francisco, to be the new Bishop of San Diego, which is one of the six dioceses that make up the Ecclesiastical Province of Los Angeles.

    On behalf of all the faithful here in the Province and in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, we welcome Bishop McElroy to Southern California.

  • The parish is the heart of the new evangelization
    March 4, 2015  |  The Latest  |  

    As I continue to visit parishes around this great archdiocese, I see every day that the life of faith is lived in the heart of the parish.

    We turn to our parishes for the Eucharist and the sacraments. We turn to our parishes to hear the Word of God, and to bring us together to serve to the poor and others in our community.