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Slain LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell remembered as “a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother”…
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA’s inner city, has died. He was 69. “I am very sad this afternoon to report that our beloved Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell has passed away unexpectedly,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles in a statement Feb. 18. “It is a shock and I have no words to exp...
LA County Sheriff’s Department: Cause of Bishop O’Connell’s death is unconfirmed…
Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell of Los Angeles died Saturday at age 69, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reported. The archdiocese said in a statement that the bishop died unexpectedly, and that the cause of death was still being investigated. Initial reports said the bishop was the victim of gun violence, but those reports remain unconfirmed, and are seemingly based on police reports of an uni...
‘It Is a Shock’: Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell Shot and Killed in Hacienda Heights, California…
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — An auxiliary bishop with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was shot to death Saturday afternoon in Hacienda Heights, authorities confirmed. Bishop David O’Connell was shot and killed just before 1 p.m. inside a home in the 1500 block of Janlu Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Investigators said O’Connell, w...
Miami archbishop offers to house exiled Nicaraguan priests and seminarians…
Monday, February 13, 2023 Ana Rodriguez Soto – Florida Catholic newspaper MIAMI | Archbishop Thomas Wenski spoke to the Florida Catholic Feb. 11, 2023, about the expected arrival in Miami of some of the political prisoners released by the Nicaraguan government and flown to the U.S. “Most of the people expelled were politicians or candidates for public office that [Daniel] Ortega locked up be...
We live in unsettled times, but God never abandons his people. We just need to act like we believe that…..
I’m a derivative writer. I wish I were creative. I wish I were ingenious. But my friends and colleagues, and others I admire, are just smarter than I am. This would be sad if it weren’t also consoling. I can’t fix the world, but I don’t need to. Neither do you. In the vast stream of history, individuals rarely seem to matter. . .except in the eyes of God.&...
Spain Passes Transgender Law Allowing Minors Treatment Without Parental Consent…
The law passed the Congress of Deputies despite opposition from advisory bodies during the legislative process. After its passage in the Senate, Spain’s lower house passed the “Law for the Real and Effective Equality of Trans Persons and for the Guarantee of LGTBI Rights,” which will allow transgender genital surgery and hormonal treatments from the age of 16 without parental consent. Known simply...
10 Dazzling Celestial Events to See in 2023…
Margaret Osborne Daily Correspondent Last year was an excellent one for amateur astronomers. Stargazers in the United States saw two total lunar eclipses, a spectacular “ring of fire” solar eclipse and a rare alignment of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. This year promises another amazing set of celestial events, including dark skies for the two most anticipated meteor showers...
Martyrs everywhere, journalism in Venezuela, and the ‘truth’ on YouTube…
Happy Friday friends, There are many feasts marked in the calendar today, if you’re keeping track. It’s the feast of the seven holy founders of the Servites — the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary. If your festal tastes run to the Celtic, today is also the feast of St. Fintan of Clonenagh, who was one of those sixth-century Irish monastics whose faith wasn’t so much formed as forged under severe...
This advocate of “worldwide socialist planning” wants to put loving pet owners on a leash…
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“Being faithful” and “being pastoral” go hand-in-hand — pitting them against each other is wrong and dangerous…
COMMENTARY: The notion that doctrinal fidelity is somehow in tension or even at odds with pastoral concerns is both wrong and dangerous. Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared on the diocesan website. Edited for style, it is republished here with permission. In the wake of our Holy Father’s call for a more synodal Church, much has been written about Cardinal Robert McElroy’s recent p...
Why was a Canadian student expelled from Catholic school for opposing transgender bathroom policy?
The religious liberty rights of Canadian high school student Josh Alexander gained international attention earlier this month when his opposition to his Catholic high school’s transgender bathroom policy on biblical grounds led to his suspension and arrest. The 16-year-old’s case, which occurred in a school in eastern Ontario, also reveals that some Canadian Catholic schools are diverging from Chu...
8 Nicaraguan Priests Expelled by Ortega Regime Celebrate Mass for First Time in 6 Months…
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — The private chapel at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ imposing, multistoried building in the nation’s capital typically draws a stream of USCCB staff and visiting prelates who want to celebrate Mass and are pleased to take advantage of a convenient venue for that purpose. But on Feb. 10, the USCCB chapel was the first stop for eight exiled Nicaraguan priests who h...
