Editor’s note: The following article is adapted from the homily given by His Eminence, Roger Cardinal Mahony, to delegates of the Democratic National Convention held in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, August 13. Once again, I extend to all of you, delegates to the Democratic National Convention, my sincere welcome. It is the Church’s special … Read more
Editors’ Note: On October 16, 1986 Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony and Rev. Charles E. Curran of Catholic University presented their views on the nature of authority and dissent in the Catholic Church. They spoke to an overflow crowd of 1,700 at the University of Southern California, under the sponsorship of the School of Religion … Read more
On this Feast of Pentecost, as we pray and reflect about the mission God entrusts to us, and about all the different gifts and talents we bring to it, I would like to discuss with you a matter of very great importance. As many of you know, the Catholic Bishops of the United States are … Read more