For Carlo, living with Jesus and walking with him in friendship was as natural as breathing. It was who he was, it was how he wanted to live.
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Time for immigration reform (again)
The Catholic Church did not break the nation’s immigration system, but every day we deal with the human damage caused by that broken system.
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Archbishop Gomez’s homily for St. Thomas Aquinas’ 800th birthday
His excellency celebrated a Gold Mass for Scientists at Our Savior Church on Jan. 28 on the campus of the University of Southern California.
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Finding God in the wildfires
Every crisis is a crossroads. And in every crisis we have a decision to make.
Continue reading‘Called to be instruments’ in the California wildfires
We must be the ones who bring comfort to our neighbors in this time of disaster. And we must be the ones also who stand by their side and help them to rebuild and go forward with courage and faith and hope in God. Let us pray for them.
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Our God is a God of miracles
Of course, “miracle” is a word that gets overused in our culture and is not well understood.
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This jubilee year, make hope more than a feeling
We hope in the promises of Jesus, who was born for us and died for us, and having risen from the dead now walks with us, as our friend and our leader.
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A new way to meet the word of God
That is why I believe the publication of the new “Ignatius Catholic Study Bible” is an important moment in the life of the church.
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This Advent, can we be amazed at God’s love for us?
In Advent, we are awaiting the coming of love, the coming of God who “is love” in human form.
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After an election, the mission remains the same
And in this moment, the Lord is telling us again not to be troubled, but to believe; and to live and share what we believe with joy and hope.
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