Ann Rodgers

Ann Rodgers is a longtime religion reporter and freelance writer whose awards include the William A. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award from the Religion News Association.

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Ninety-eight-year-old Virginia Eidson holds her OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) certificate, documenting her entrance into the Catholic Church. (Reese Cuevas)

LA Catholics

A 98-year-old Oxnard woman became Catholic. Here’s why she finally did it

Ann Rodgers|Apr 27, 2026|5 Min Read

A mural by Frank A. Martinez greets people entering the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. The rendering depicts figures from early 18th-century California, including Saint Junípero Serra (right) and native people building the missions and harvesting crops. The central figure at top is Mary. (CNS/Nancy Wiechec)

LA Catholics

For St. Francis’ Jubilee year, how did the saint influence California?

Ann Rodgers|Apr 8, 2026|3 Min Read

California

Catholic summit seeks to revive marriage culture in California

Ann Rodgers and Pablo Kay|Oct 7, 2025|6 Min Read

Msgr. Antonio Cacciapuoti, right, and Father Peter Saucedo give roses to mothers during a Mother’s Day Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels May 11. Cacciapuoti is the cathedral’s pastor, while Saucedo is in residence there. (Victor Alemán)

LA Catholics

Cathedral priests describe living in the eye of LA's immigration storm

Ann Rodgers|Jun 13, 2025|5 Min Read

LA Catholics

LA media evangelist Noel Díaz reveals a parting gift from Pope Francis

Ann Rodgers|May 4, 2025|5 Min Read

An outdoor Mass at Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights in August 2020, as parishes around the Archdiocese of LA were beginning to gradually reopen for public worship. (Victor Alemán)

Nation

Five years later, what have U.S. Catholics learned from Covid?

Ann Rodgers|Mar 17, 2025|9 Min Read

Los Angelus Fire Department Capt. Bryan Nassour, left, and Capt. Frankie Lima during a visit to the rubble of Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades Feb. 5. (Isabel Cacho/Archdiocese of LA)

LA Catholics

LA fire captains see ‘miracles’ inside Corpus Christi rubble

Ann Rodgers|Feb 18, 2025|5 Min Read

Ray and Mary Jo Spano visit the site of their Altadena home, destroyed in the Eaton Fire. (Victor Alemán)

LA Catholics

Altadena couple’s 60-year marriage marks new chapter after Eaton Fire

Ann Rodgers|Feb 14, 2025|7 Min Read

LA Catholics

A Virgin Mary statue’s Palisades Fire survival story

Ann Rodgers|Jan 17, 2025|3 Min Read

Msgr. Liam Kidney (left) and Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson are pictured at St. Monica Church with the recovered tabernacle from Corpus Christi Church. (Victor Alemán)

LA Catholics

LA Fire captain salvages tabernacle from Corpus Christi rubble

Ann Rodgers|Jan 13, 2025|3 Min Read

Archbishop José H. Gomez with the adult catechumens and candidates welcomed into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels March 29. (Archdiocese of LA)

LA Catholics

The reasons why adult baptisms have increased in LA — and beyond

Ann Rodgers|May 8, 2024|4 Min Read

Former Evangelical pastor and Hindu guru Michael Cardona with Archbishop Gomez after entering the Catholic Church at Easter this year. (Michael Cardona)

LA Catholics

A former Hindu guru's long journey west to Catholicism

Ann Rodgers|May 8, 2024|3 Min Read