After being told to expect the worst and say goodbye to their monastery in Southern California, a community of Benedictine monks received word that St. Andrew’s Abbey was spared any significant damage late last week. ...
Catholics from the across Southern California and beyond joined Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles Sept. 20 for Masses in English and Spanish to celebrate the annual Day in Recognition of All Immigrants. The Masses ...
San Francisco's archbishop told hundreds of Catholics gathered near City Hall Sept. 20 that "it is because of our Catholic faith that we are being put at the end of the line" by city officials ...
In imposing severe restrictions on indoor worship services because of COVID-19 protocols, the city of San Francisco "is turning a great many faithful away from their houses of prayer," said San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. ...
The Catholic bishops of California have announced a yearlong initiative to address personal and systematic racism, both in the church and wider society. After a Sept. 9 Zoom conference with African American Catholic leaders from their ...
The United States is going through a perfect storm — a coinciding of the coronavirus pandemic, racial tensions and social change, and the ongoing storm before the storm of November’s presidential election. But those events ...
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco has asked the city's mayor and health officials to ease attendance restrictions on public Masses the archbishop says are unfair. Currently, Masses may be celebrated only outdoors in San ...
Some of the few Masses available for Catholics in California's Bay Area came to a halt the weekend of Aug. 22 as bishops urged parishioners to pray for one another, for firefighters, and to stay ...
California's Catholic bishops said they understand the "real and ongoing" threat of the coronavirus and concerns over returning safely to schools, but they also are worried about schoolchildren's overall health and development if they cannot ...
At a special 7:30 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gomez, Father Elewaut and Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron, Mission San Buenaventura was unveiled as the first basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles ...
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