Deborah Netburn

5 days ago | latimes.com | Jack Dolan |Melissa Gomez |Sonja Sharp |Deborah Netburn

The faithful in Los Angeles, America’s most Catholic city, were delighted — and a little stunned — Thursday to learn a Chicago-born priest with deep roots in Peru had been elected to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. The surprising elevation of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, to pope marks the first time someone from the U.S. has been entrusted with what is arguably the highest-profile position in global religion.

1 week ago | latimes.com | Deborah Netburn |Deborah Vankin |Christopher Reynolds |Jeanette Marantos |Jaclyn Cosgrove |Brittany Levine Beckman | +3 more

Filters Filtered Map List (Patrick Hruby / Los Angeles Times) Lifestyle Share via Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp My mom loves to walk. She’ll walk for miles alone, but she’d really prefer to walk with one of her kids. Or better yet, one of her kids and her grandkids. She loves to push a stroller. If your mom is also an avid walker — and would like nothing more than to spend time with you — consider taking her on a Mother’s Day stroll.

1 week ago | latimes.com | Deborah Netburn

Angela Halili was having a rough day. But that did not keep the former actor from arriving to her weekly meeting with her best friend, Arielle Reitsma, also a former actor and model, in a West Hollywood recording studio. Nearly every week for the past two years, the two have convened there to share heart-to-hearts that are at the core of “Girls Gone Bible,” an evangelical podcast with millions of listeners. And this week, Halili’s personal struggles were in focus.

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Deborah Netburn

Three years ago, on the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy, I wrote a describing the humble Jesuit-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the first pope to be “a bit of a Californian.” Yes, he was from Argentina, not the United States, and no, he never visited the “best coast” during his 13 years as head of the church, but by prioritizing the environment, championing poor people and striking a more welcoming tone with LGBTQ Catholics, he demonstrated a commitment to the compassionate and...

4 weeks ago | latimes.com | Deborah Netburn |Deborah Vankin |Lisa Boone |Michelle Woo |Brittany Levine Beckman |Jackie Snow

While interned during World War I, a German-born physical trainer named Joseph Pilates developed a precise method for rehabilitation. It began as a series of mat exercises and evolved into an exercise that made use of equipment he fashioned from bed springs and whatever materials he could find to help bedridden patients regain strength. Pilates brought this complete system, originally called “Contrology,” to New York in the 1920s, where it gained popularity among dancers and performers.