Blood of Saint Francis – La Verna Stigmata of Saint Francis Dono Doni Late-Renaissance Franciscan devotional painting 1566 Crucifixion of Saint Francis Dono Doni Late-Renaissance Franciscan devotional painting […]
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, a relic of the tilma with Our Lady’s image crossed the border into San Diego through the San Ysidro Port of Entry. A diverse delegation from the Diocese of San Diego, headed by […]
There’s no way to know how many miles St. Francis of Assisi walked during his lifetime. But fond as he was of the virtue of humility, his own two feet were surely a favored means of […]
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles is calling on Catholics to remember the Mexican martyrs of the 1920s, writing this week that the persecution of their families who fled a century ago still shapes the Church today and remains a […]
The only Catholic priest on Catalina Island, Father Dario Miranda, is used to seeing new faces. His parish, St. Catherine of Alexandria Church in Avalon, is a few blocks away from the harbor that welcomes vacation-goers […]
A video that went viral on social media of a man being forcibly removed from Precious Blood Catholic Church in Los Angeles involved people with no ties to the archdiocese or church, according to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. […]
A transformation is unfolding at nearly half of the parishes in the diocese, as lay leaders and their pastors re-imagine daily parish life and leadership. They are bringing to life a concept initially championed in the Universal […]
I have participated in many Eucharistic Processions during my life. And in many ways, the one I attended Aug. 1, which began at the St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Little Tokyo, was like all the others. […]
Enthusiasm for the missions was a Europe-wide phenomenon during the pious 17th century. Eusebio Kino was born eight years after fellow priest-explorer Father Jacques Marquette in the Italian Tyrol. Like the famous Father Marquette, he entered the […]
In Assisi, one of the main pilgrim draws is a tiny church dwarfed by its expansive surroundings, the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels near Assisi, Italy. The chapel is just about 18 feet long […]
