Archdiocese of Los Angeles

BELLEVUE, Wash. (OSV News) — More than 3,000 local Catholics joined together in prayer led by Father Nicholas Wichert at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue May 16. The Ascend Eucharistic Revival …

“They were simple ranchers who didn’t have much education, but they had strong faith — and they died for it. … “I’ve always found that very beautiful.”

The next day, still bleary-eyed and jet-lagged from the flight, there they were inside the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, still unsure what to expect.

(OSV News) — More U.S. Catholic bishops have released messages of concern as tensions continue to soar amid the Trump administration‘s immigration crackdown, with clashes between protestors and enforcement agents flaring …

OneLife LA, Archbishop Gomez said, is “a religious movement, a stirring of the heart and conscience. A movement of the Spirit.”

More U.S. Catholic bishops are sounding the alarm over an increasingly frayed social order both at home and abroad, calling for a recommitment to the Gospel.

“We’re building for the future. We have no idea what the future is, but whatever we build has to be for the future,” said Msgr. Liam Kidney, pastor.

With a livestream connection, Pope Leo spoke for close to an hour with participants at the National Catholic Youth Conference meeting at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Many at Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants in Los Angeles said they felt helpless, hoping that God would intervene. Yet, they also felt united in prayer.

“Let us unite as one diocesan family in prayer for Bishop Szkredka as he begins this ministry among us,” said a statement from the Diocese of Monterey.