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In or out?Many parishes voluntarily sticking with outdoor Masses

In or out?
Many parishes voluntarily sticking with outdoor Masses

All San Diego County parishes can celebrate Mass indoors once again, but many have chosen to remain outside anyway.

It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing saga that began with the suspension of

Republican senators slam Biden’s court pickBeth Robinson showed hostility towards religious liberty, they argue

Republican senators slam Biden’s court pick
Beth Robinson showed hostility towards religious liberty, they argue

Several Republican senators sharply criticized federal court nominee Beth Robinson this week for her alleged hostility toward religious liberty.

On August 5, President Joe Biden announced his appointment of Robinson as a judge

Archbishop of Moncton: lock out the vax resistersNew Brunswick churches headed toward QR-coded division of sheep and goats

Archbishop of Moncton: lock out the vax resisters
New Brunswick churches headed toward QR-coded division of sheep and goats

“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

Black theology featured at Saratoga’s Sacred Heart parishDwight Hopkins, defender of Jeremiah Wright, speaks Sept. 5

Black theology featured at Saratoga’s Sacred Heart parish
Dwight Hopkins, defender of Jeremiah Wright, speaks Sept. 5

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

Catholic school parents, be on your toesMasking and CRT coming your way

Catholic school parents, be on your toes
Masking and CRT coming your way

While parents throughout the country have been taking on school districts over politically motivated mask mandates, racist curriculum, and radical gender theory, many Catholic school parents are engaged in similar battles. Like their secular counterparts,

The day von Balthasar showed up in L.A.Andre Emery was obscure but formidable

The day von Balthasar showed up in L.A.
Andre Emery was obscure but formidable

Certain things live in the memory. It’s 1980. The Los Angeles summer is hotter than the fire door of hell. I’m at the office. I get a late afternoon call from Suann, my lovely bride. I ask

America Media survey shows most Catholics don’t know who Cardinal McCarrick isA minority of Catholics said their parish has helped them process the abuse crisis

America Media survey shows most Catholics don’t know who Cardinal McCarrick is
A minority of Catholics said their parish has helped them process the abuse crisis

When the news broke on July 29 that the former cardinal Theodore McCarrick had been criminally charged with sexual abuse of a minor, many Catholics likely felt justice was one step closer to being served. Others may have wondered

Orange County – largest concentration of Vietnamese Americans in the country, more than 100,000 CatholicPapal Nuncio Pierre blesses Our Lady of La Vang statue

Orange County – largest concentration of Vietnamese Americans in the country, more than 100,000 Catholic
Papal Nuncio Pierre blesses Our Lady of La Vang statue

A late Saturday afternoon sunbeam danced in geometric patterns up and down the cobalt blue wind-furled veil, soon to be lowered to reveal Christ Cathedral Church in Garden Grove’s new next-door neighbor: a 12-foot statue of Our Lady of La

Her goal is 10 rosaries a dayAt 94 she had made more than 25,000

Her goal is 10 rosaries a day
At 94 she had made more than 25,000

Despite being 96 years old, Inocencia Gamboa accomplishes decades of work every single day. That is to say, she strings together rosaries — each consisting of five decades of 10 beads each —