Thousands of Angelenos at annual OneLife event invited to find hope in L.A.’s ‘trial by fire’ January 23, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Respect Life, World News The specter of the lingering wildfires hung in the air as thousands gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Jan. 18 for the 11th annual OneLife LA celebration and Requiem Mass for the Unborn.
Celebrity food trucks and prayers: Pasadena’s fire refugees get help in many forms January 16, 2025By Natalie Romano OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News As they grapple with the decisions ahead, clergy and fellow parishioners are mobilizing: Some are consoling evacuees at the shelter, others are transforming nearby churches and schools into hubs of hope.
‘God does things for a reason,’ says pregnant mom of 4 who lost home in L.A.’s Eaton Fire January 15, 2025By Theresa Cisneros OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Days after a wildfire destroyed their apartment and all their earthly belongings, Raul and Claudia De La Rosa have only one thing to lean on in the face of adversity: their Catholic faith.
Fire captain makes way through ruins of incinerated church to find tabernacle intact January 14, 2025By Ann Rodgers OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Four days after Corpus Christi Church was incinerated in the Palisades Fire, Capt. Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department picked his way over a 6-foot layer of rubble in the ashen bones of the sanctuary and recovered the tabernacle Jan. 11.
Catholics turn to Mary and saints amid Los Angeles wildfires January 14, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Saints, World News Several Catholics who have fled the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have been praying for the intercession of Our Lady of Champion, who once saved a rural Wisconsin shrine from a devastating inferno.
Pope offers prayers for those impacted by L.A. wildfires January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News “I am praying for all of you,” Pope Francis said, using his televised Sunday Angelus address to speak directly to the people impacted by the wildfires in Southern California.
8 ways to live a merciful life January 11, 2025By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Disaster Relief We tend to think of “mercy” as compassion or sympathy, but the word has a much deeper meaning. It is more than feeling sorry for someone. Having mercy means that we enter into the other person’s suffering.
Los Angeles fire victims grieve lost homes, church: ‘It’s too much’ January 10, 2025By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Sam Laganà and his wife were among the dozens of Corpus Christi parishioners at a special Mass celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to pray for those affected by the fires raging through parts of Los Angeles County.
In Pacific Palisades, paradise lost January 10, 2025By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Disaster Relief Like marauders galloping out of the foothills, the flames swept down on the community that liked to call itself a village, as if its boutique shops and restaurants somehow protected it from a harsher world.
L.A. deacon, parishioners save church from Eaton Fire with a hose January 10, 2025By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News As he drove frantically past charred buildings along the smoky streets of Altadena in his SUV early on the morning of Jan. 8, Deacon José Luis Díaz had one prayer on his mind: God, please spare my church.
Seeing Passionist retreat house badly damaged by L.A. fire is ‘heartbreaking,’ director says January 10, 2025By Mike Cisneros OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News The Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center in Sierra Madre was badly damaged by the Eaton Fire, according to Passionist Father Febin Barose, retreat center director.
Catholic parishes offer shelter, relief to evacuated families near LA fires January 9, 2025By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Several Catholic parishes opened their doors to families evacuated from their homes as wind-driven fires continued to burn through parts of Los Angeles County Jan. 8.
