Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archives

Priest sees lack of health, wholeness as cause of strife in nation, church

Jun 20, 2021

Division in the nation and in the church is not about hate or immorality, but about a lack of health and wholeness, said a priest who has ministered among Los Angeles gang members for over 30 years.

By Ed Langlois

Los Angeles nun to plead guilty to $835,000 school theft

Jun 9, 2021

A Los Angeles nun who took a vow of poverty has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges for stealing more than $800,000 to pay for a gambling habit, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

By Associated Press

God is always with us, archbishop tells unaccompanied immigrant minors

Jun 3, 2021

“God is always with us, in good and beautiful times and in difficult times, when we are happy or when we have a sadness,” Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles told unaccompanied immigrant minors at a Mass May 30.

By Catholic News Service

Sledgehammer attack damages Guadalupe mural at LA church

Apr 29, 2021

A man used a sledgehammer last week to smash the face of a Virgin of Guadalupe mural painted on tiles at a church in Los Angeles.

By Associated Press

Former priest charged with sexually abusing children near LA

Apr 15, 2021

A former Catholic priest has been charged with sexually assaulting four children while serving at two Los Angeles area churches two decades ago, prosecutors said Wednesday.

By Associated Press

People missed the crowds but say virtual congress offerings still valuable

Feb 28, 2021

Like the national March for Life, bigness as well as personal interactions are a huge part of the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, the largest single Catholic gathering in the United States.

By Kurt Jensen

L.A.’s virtual congress offers participants ‘hope, vision’ for the future

Feb 24, 2021

For Jesus’ parents, “answering God’s call meant their whole lives were turned upside down,” not unlike the events of the past year, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Feb. 21 at the close of the all-virtual 2021 Religious Education Congress.

By Tom Hoffarth

Catholic schools seek ways to counter steep decline in enrollment

Feb 9, 2021

The 12 Catholic schools in the small Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, have bucked a nationwide trend. They’re enrollment has increased this school year at a time when the vast majority of dioceses are headed in the other direction.

By John Lavenburg