Last night I had the privilege of interviewing Captain Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department, whose station house is across...

It's been quite a while since I've done hard news reporting -- stories about facts, figures and who did what to whom, as opposed to...

The tragedy of Edgar Lopez, a model citizen in all but immigration status, will linger in my heart for a very long time. I am grateful to...

This story about a Catholic priest who was shot in a remote area of Nigeria almost wrote itself. Rarely have I been so inspired by one...

I'm a fifth generation Californian who loves any excuse to reflect on my home state, so I was thrilled when the California Catholic...

This story about “Walking with Moms in Need,” which enlists Catholic parishes in service to women with crisis pregnancies and to young...

For most of my 33 years as a religion reporter, I covered Pope John Paul II. You might say that he climbed out the window that Pope John had

Descriptions of everyone’s beliefs must avoid stereotype and caricature. No matter how much we may disagree with a person or movement, or h