LA Archdiocese

In a letter signed by Father Brian Nunes, the Archdiocese’s vicar general, and Monsignor Terrance Fleming, executive director of the Archdiocese’s Mission Office, church officials asked local parishes to take special collections for Ukraine during the weekends of March 12-13 and March 19-20.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez has announced that the dispensation to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation due to the COVID- 19 pandemic will be lifted in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, except for those who are ill, have underlying health conditions or have significant concerns about becoming ill.

Rev. J. Jon Bruno, former bishop to the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles, has died at the age of 74, his family said Saturday.

“These six schools had been trying to overcome financial challenges long before the pandemic,” said Paul Escala, Superintendent of Catholic Schools.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Friday its Catholic Cemeteries and Mortuaries started offering contactless burial options due to state and local public health restrictions and high demand for funeral services.

Observing Christmas Eve during a pandemic takes on new meaning, with people spaced apart for safety and so many in mourning. Beverly White reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2020.

A former janitor at a Catholic Church in Maywood is suing the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, alleging she was forced to quit in 2019 after a priest groped her in the rectory and tried to coerce her into his bed.

The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and San Juan Diego visited field workers in Moorpark. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News.

The images of the Virgin of Guadalupe and San Juan Diego arrived, accompanied by mariachi, to visit the field workers in Moorpark Thursday.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles will air Sunday’s English-language Mass at 10 a.m. on its digital channel 7.2, as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic makes it too perilous for many people to attend the outdoor service mandated by state health orders. New California guidelines limit places of worship from holding services inside, and while some parishes will celebrate Mass outdoors, many…

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Saturday that its Catholic schools throughout Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties will open the 2020-21 school year with distance learning due to the new state requirements for resuming in-person instruction. “Though our return to our beloved campuses will be delayed for now, we will return,” Paul Escala, senior director and superintendent of…