LA’s Gómez elected 1st Hispanic to lead US Catholic bishops
DAVID CRARY and REGINA GARCIA CANO
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, an immigrant from Mexico, pledged to push for...
Pope says he intends to go to South Sudan, urges dialogue
FRANCES D'EMILIO
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday called for South Sudan politicians to salvage a tenuous peace deal and to...
Hispanic immigrant in line to lead US Catholic bishops
DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
Clergy sex abuse is once again on the agenda as U.S. Catholic bishops meet this week — but so is...
412 Church in San Jacinto presents their annual Fall Festival
Instead of witches and goblin costumes, it was angels and Bible character costumes at 412 Church’s annual Fall Festival on Halloween Thursday, Oct. 31,...
Winning over temptation
Zachary ElliottSpecial to Valley NewsDo you know what the problem is with temptation? It’s really tempting. Go figure.The good news is that there’s a...
Global debate gets underway over married Catholic priests
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Catholics reacted enthusiastically when bishops from across the Amazon called for the ordination of married men as...
Day of the Dead: Ofrenda for those who have passed
DÃa de los Muertos is a time in Mexican Christian-Catholic culture where those who practice the craft of making an ofrenda, which means offering,...
Pope’s Amazon synod proposes married priests, female deacons
NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday for the ordination of married men as priests to...
Rock, paper, scissors and winning
Anyone who has ever competed in something and lost knows what defeat feels like. They also know that winning feels so much better.At a...
Share of Americans with no religious affiliation growing
DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
The portion of Americans with no religious affiliation is rising significantly, in tandem with a sharp drop in the percentage...