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Pope Francis promulgates the text of the Apostolic Constitution ‘Praedicate Evangelium’, which gives a more missionary structure to the Roman Curia so it can be better at the service of the local churches and the task of evangelization.

We begin Lent this year with the world under the cloud of war. Pope Francis asked that we pray and fast on Ash Wednesday for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, whose homeland is under attack from Russia.

I am writing these words to you this week from Rome, the Eternal City.

We live in a city named after God’s holy angels, and the Catholic Church here was established under the name of the archangel who brought glad tidings to Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ.

On Sept. 8, Archbishop Gomez led a candlelight prayer service to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The following is adapted from his homily.

Friendliness and graciousness are the fertile soil for fostering fraternal correction. God acts through our relationships with those around us to draw out the best in us.

On June 5, I will ordain eight fine men to be new priests for the family of God in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The Incarnation is the center of all God’s plans for mankind. Two millennia ago, the Word became flesh. He dwelt among us for thirty-three years, completed His Paschal mystery, rose from the dead, and forty days later left this earth in His Ascension.

Loving God and our neighbor together involves both positive and negative aspects: practicing the human and supernatural virtues (positive) for love of God as the supreme motive; and avoiding all sins,…

A recovery of the Catholic teaching on priesthood is urgently needed, both among the laity and the clergy.