Tom Hoffarth

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Scott Hahn |Tom Hoffarth |Justin Mclellan

May is Mary’s month. Let’s begin it this year by looking at her place in the classic Christian confessions of faith, the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. A creed is a historical record, and so it names names. It calls upon the witness of real historical figures — not only Jesus, but also his mother, Mary, and even the man who condemned Jesus to death, Pontius Pilate. Pilate is well known from ancient sources. His memory was preserved by his contemporaries, almost always in an unflattering light.

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Tom Hoffarth |Scott Hahn |Justin Mclellan

News of the first sighting of black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney, following the first vote in the cardinals’ conclave at the Vatican in Rome, coincided with the start of a special Mass in Los Angeles to pray for the election of a new pope at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on May 7. Archbishop José H.

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Caroline de Sury |Paulina Guzik |Robert Brennan |Tom Hoffarth

As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France, to venerate what's believed to be the holy tunic of Jesus -- the seamless robe described in the Gospels. On display until May 11, the relic has drawn intense devotion, particularly following the recent death of Pope Francis.

2 weeks ago | angelusnews.com | Robert Brennan |Tom Hoffarth |Kimberley A. Heatherington |Ad rem

After videos of people scraping their keys across certain electric vehicles, the other most popular images on social media these days seem to be those of “street preachers,” either standing in the commons of some institution of higher learning, or on a street corner. The street-corner variety almost always seems to be at night, and in a rough part of town. None of the preachers seem to be Catholic. I have mixed feelings about that.

2 weeks ago | angelusnews.com | Tom Hoffarth |Robert Brennan |Kimberley A. Heatherington

Since he became a priest in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles 27 years ago, Father John Kyebasuuta marvels at what has changed — and what remains the same — every time he makes his annual trip to the Ugandan village where he grew up. On one trip to his hometown on Buvuma Island in Africa’s famous Lake Victoria 10 years ago, Kyebasuuta was struck by the sight of a small boy struggling with a heavy container of water that he drew from a borehole miles away to help his family.