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Mike Nelson is the former editor of The Tidings (predecessor of Angelus).

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The Tidings centerfold covering the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Tidings Archive)

How The Tidings newspaper covered Sept. 11, 2001

Mike Nelson|Sep 10, 2026|6 Min Read

Father Tony Scannell records narration for a film project during his time as president of Franciscan Communications during the 1970s. (Tidings Archives)

Farewell to Fr. Tony Scannell, a ‘soul’ of Catholic media and the Gospel

Mike Nelson|Jul 27, 2026|5 Min Read

John Flaherty has been a longtime music director for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ RECongress and has spent decades at Loyola Marymount University. (George L. Westlund)

LA-connected musicians win national Catholic music awards

Mike Nelson|Apr 22, 2026|5 Min Read

Sister Edith Prendergast, RSC, speaks during the 2015 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. (Angelus File Photo)

Sister Edith Prendergast, longtime LA Religious Education director, dies

Mike Nelson|Apr 1, 2026|5 Min Read

Bishop Sartoris

Friends, LA priests remember late Bishop Sartoris: ‘He found joy in ministry’

Mike Nelson|Jul 7, 2025|7 Min Read

The permanent deacons ordained June 10, 2023, with Archbishop Gomez. (Victor Alemán)

Ten men ordained as permanent deacons in 2023

Mike Nelson|Jun 12, 2023|7 Min Read

deacons

Treasure in the fields: Meet this year’s ‘bumper crop’ of new transitional deacons

Mike Nelson and Pablo Kay|May 25, 2023|6 Min Read

Then-Msgr. David O’Connell with St. Frances X. Cabrini Church parishioners after Mass on July 19, 2015, two days before his appointment as auxiliary bishop by Pope Francis. (John Rueda)

Bishop Dave, apostle of the inner city

Pablo Kay and Mike Nelson|Mar 20, 2023|7 Min Read

Vin Scully is seen during a 2019 interview for the baseball documentary "Soul of a Champion: The Gil Hodges Story," produced by Spirit Juice Studios in association with Catholic Athletes for Christ. Scully died Aug. 2, 2022, at age 94. A lifelong Catholic, he received the Gabriel Personal Achievement Award from the Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals at the Catholic Media Conference in St. Louis June 2, 2016. (CNS photo/courtesy Spirit Juice Studios)

Lessons from Vin Scully the Catholic

Mike Nelson|Aug 4, 2022|5 Min Read

Bishop Robert E. Barron waves following his installation as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester on July 29 at the Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Rochester. (Diocese of Winona-Rochester)

LA says farewell as Bishop Barron takes up his new post in Minnesota

Mike Nelson and Pablo Kay|Aug 1, 2022|8 Min Read

Parishioners from St. John of God in Norwalk greet their newly ordained deacon, Rey Simbol, in the Cathedral Plaza after the June 11, 2022 permanent deacon Ordination Mass. (Victor Alemán)

LA’s new permanent deacons reflect on their call to ‘something else’

Mike Nelson|Jun 13, 2022|7 Min Read

The men being ordained transitional deacons for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, from left to right: Michael DiPietro, Emmanuel Sanchez, Hieu Nguyen, Rene Haarpaintner, Bro. Cesar Galan, FSP (in wheelchair), Sergio Sandoval Martinez, Enrique Piceno, Luis Gerardo Peña. (Father Ray Marquez)

LA's 2022 transitional deacon class is as diverse as they come

Mike Nelson|May 24, 2022|7 Min Read

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