U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez of Indio, one of the 13 U.S. service members who died in a suicide bomb attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 26, was honored with funeral services at St. Francis
On Saturday, October 2, Catholics from all over the city of San Francisco will gather at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption for the Tenth Annual Rosary Rally. The Rosary Rally was begun in 2011, marking the fiftieth
It was a historic day for the Catholic faithful in Santa Ana as Diocese of Orange Bishop Kevin Vann officiated the dedication of Christ Our Savior Catholic Parish on Saturday, Sept. 11. The newest church of the
A colorful, 32-foot-long tapestry titled “Christ Seated in Glory as the Lord of Creation” hangs above the sanctuary of Christ Cathedral. For Robert Artigo, this tapestry serves as a metaphor for the cathedral’s history, which he recounts in his recently
Thanks to Mission San Gabriel’s 250th birthday celebration this year, Los Angeles is getting the closest thing to a local “Camino Real” since the days of the first Spanish missionaries. Made up of 22 parishes across three
A private independent program set up in six California dioceses to compensate victim-survivors of child sexual abuse by priests has concluded after two years of work. In a two-page report issued September 2, the program said the
“….History says that we needed missions because we were savages and we needed religion,” says Carolyn Rodriguez, a youth group leader with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. “But we had our religion. We had our own
St. Frances of Rome parishioners, supporters, and staff gathered to celebrate a groundbreaking ceremony for a new permanent church at the Wildomar parish on July 10. They were joined by Bishop Alberto Rojas and local civic leaders.
Black Theology and the Future of the Black American Community — Dr. Dwight Hopkins (AM) Genesis teaches us that all people are made in the image of God, but as issues of racial justice in the news
Spread across 120 active congregations, orders, and religious institutions and living in several hundred different locations in three counties, keeping track of the more than 1,200 religious sisters living and ministering in the Archdiocese of Los
