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• LA Palisades Fire destroys Corpus Christi Catholic Church, damages school

  

  By PABLO KAY, OSV News
  Published January 9, 2025

  A church in Pacific Palisades appeared to be destroyed and more than 60 Catholic schools were closed as several major fires in the Los Angeles area burned overnight into Jan.8.

• Emotional LA sheriff details arrest in death of Bishop O’Connell; motive remains unclear

  

  By PABLO KAY, OSV News
  Published February 21, 2023

  A 65-year-old man was taken into custody Feb. 20 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies as the prime suspect in the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell of Los Angeles. “My heart grieves,” said LA County Sheriff Robert G. Luna in an emotional press conference.

• Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers announcer and lifelong Catholic, dies at 94

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published August 4, 2022

  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.

• California university helps former foster youth, homeless find a new beginning

  

  By Denis Grasska, Catholic News Service
  Published November 16, 2018

  SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The University of San Diego has a message for students who were once in the foster care system, homeless or at risk for homelessness. “We recognize that things have happened to you in your past,” said Cynthia Avery, the Catholic university’s assistant vice president for student life, “but this is a […]

• Archbishop Gomez: ‘Pray hard’ for all affected by California shooting

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published November 8, 2018

  LOS ANGELES (CNS)—After a shooting spree late Nov. 7 at a country-music bar in Thousand Oaks, about 40 miles from the heart of Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles asked people to “pray hard” for the victims and their families. Thirteen people, including the suspected gunman and a 29-year veteran of the […]

• Long-term recovery ahead for California communities hit hard by wildfires

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published October 23, 2017

  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (CNS)—The Diocese of Santa Rosa “has been hit hard” and “is in an ongoing state of uncertainty” because of Northern California wildfires that began the night of Oct. 8, said Bishop Robert F. Vasa. Fanned by warm winds, the fires devastated a vast swath of North California’s wine country and forced 20,000 […] Full Story | En Español

• San Bernardino bishop urges prayers for unity, healing after shootings

  

  By MIKE NELSON, Catholic News Service
  Published December 10, 2015

  OXNARD, Calif. (CNS)— Bishop R. Gerald Barnes of San Bernardino took part in a candlelight vigil Dec. 3 at San Manuel Stadium to mourn the 14 people who were killed in a mass assault Dec. 2 that has been identified as an act of terrorism by the FBI. During the service, the names of the […]

• Planned Parenthood video prompts calls for investigation

  By VALERIA SCHMALZ, Catholic News Service
  Published July 23, 2015

  SAN FRANCISCO (CNS)—A video released July 14 appears to show a top Planned Parenthood official discussing the sale of parts of aborted babies for research, including discussing ways the abortion procedure can be altered to preserve specifically requested body parts. The nearly nine-minute edited video—filmed undercover and produced by the Center for Medical Progress—quickly went […]

• For Melkite Catholics, a new co-cathedral in Los Angeles

  Published June 25, 2015

  LOS ANGELES—Members of Atlanta’s St. John Chrysostom Melkite Greek Catholic Church will have a co-cathedral in California for the Eparchy of Newton, Massachusetts, as of Aug. 1. At the request of Bishop Nicholas Samra, the head of the Melkite Eparchy, Pope Francis has named St. Anne Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Los Angeles as the […] Full Story

• New film ‘Black or White’ aims to ‘start the conversation’ on race

  

  By MIKE NELSON, Catholic News Service
  Published February 5, 2015

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CNS)—It is not an overtly “religious” film. Other than a brief funeral scene inside of a church early in the film, there is no mention of God, or of a particular faith or religion. And yet, “Black or White” is, according to its makers and stars, clearly a film that addresses what […] Full Story

• New CLINIC chairman approaches immigration reform as ‘pastor of souls’

  Published January 9, 2014

  ORANGE, Calif. (CNS)—Last month, Bishop Kevin Vann was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., culminating a busy first year as bishop of Orange. It has been a year filled with diocesan events, advocacy and prayer in support of undocumented immigrants. “Any concern about immigration reform takes into […] Full Story

• Newspaper Receives Two Journalism Awards

  Published June 4, 2009

  The Georgia Bulletin received two national journalism awards at the 2009 Catholic Media Convention. The newspaper was recognized with a first place and second place award for its reporting in 2008. A first-place award went to the staff at the archdiocesan newspaper for its special seasonal issue, “Eucharistic Congress 2008 – I am the Living […]