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  • Raise the Woof!
    July 15, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels went to the dogs last week. Fortunately, some of their humans showed up too. The occasion was the eighth annual Dog Day Afternoon, a community-building event organized by the Cathedral and the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. The happening on Wednesday, July 9, brought out about 1,000 pets and 1,200 members of the two-legged set. The event included the handing out of the Best Buddy Award to an LAPD K-9 unit.

  • Knights of Columbus Pledges $1.4 Million for Special Olympics World Games in L.A.
    July 14, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    LOS ANGELES — The Knights of Columbus formally announced a donation to cover the costs of athletes from the United States and Canada during their time in Los Angeles as they participate in next year’s Special Olympics World Games.

  • Archbishop: Government frustrates pastoral care for child migrants
    July 11, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    U.S. authorities are working poorly with Catholic efforts to provide pastoral care to underage immigrants detained near Los Angeles, the city’s archbishop, Jose Gomez, wrote on Thursday.

    “Our Church has been trying to respond to this situation in a spirit of cooperation and generosity,” Archbishop Gomez said in his July 10 column at The Tidings.

  • A time for tenderness and hospitality
    July 9, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    The immigration “issue” is not going away because immigration is more than a political issue. Every day we hear new stories of personal tragedy and families who are suffering because of our broken immigration system.

  • Immigration reform issue brings about local, regional action
    July 9, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    The battle for comprehensive immigration reform took on a more urgent and in some cases heated tone in recent days with several rallies and assemblies drawing support and opposition.

  • ‘An example of Christian life’: Mass welcomes saint’s relic
    July 9, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    Rosa Gonzalez clearly recalls how, when her father Jesús Mercado hosted family gatherings at his home in Jalisco, Mexico, they would always start with a private Mass. It was the 1930s, the time of the Cristero War, when Catholics were persecuted by the Mexican government.

  • Canines to Invade the Cathedral
    July 8, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Normally the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is a place for religious worship. On one evening this week, it’s a place for barking and socializing.

  • After the Hobby Lobby case
    July 3, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    The U.S. Supreme Court made a good decision this week in recognizing that Hobby Lobby’s owners can follow their religious beliefs and conscience in running their family business.

    The court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. was narrow and specific to smaller, family-held businesses.

  • Holiness is our daily task
    June 26, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    Holiness is the heart of our relationship with Jesus and holiness is the heart of our mission as Christians.

  • We need a new conversation about religion in American life
    June 19, 2014  |  The Latest  |  

    Last week at the annual Spring meeting of the United States Catholic bishops, my brother bishops and I voted unanimously to continue our “ad hoc” Committee for Religious Liberty for another three years.