Grim developments on the southern U.S. border and the "frustrating" lack of immigration reform were on the minds of some 1,500 Southern California Catholics at the annual Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants Sept. 17 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell was remembered as a man "gripped by grace" and "at ease with movers and shakers and also with the moved and shaken" as nearly 5,000 attended a funeral Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels March 3.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Feb. 22 that the suspect arrested in the shooting death of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell has been charged with murder.
Perspective: As a music minister, I ultimately agree with banning worship music when it has been composed by people who have been accused of committing grave sexual and spiritual abuses.
Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, best known for his 67 seasons calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died at his home in the Hidden Hills section of Los Angeles Aug. 2. He was 94.
"I feel more confident we will have our day in court," said a survivor of childhood abuse by a Los Angeles archdiocesan priest. "The church will have to deal with this."
Michael Sean Winters: As Bishop Robert Barron takes leadership of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota, it is time for him to think less about his media ministry at Word on Fire and more about being a bishop.
The image of multimedia nonprofit Word on Fire, and that of founder Bishop Robert Barron, have taken hits amid the organization's handling of allegations of sexual misconduct outside the workplace against a former employee.
