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Tom Hoffarth is an award-winning journalist based in Los Angeles.

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From left: Workers Concepcion Martinez, Pedro Fuentes, and maintenance foreman Manuel Pacheco inside St. Paul the Apostle Church during repairs.(Vanessa Reyes Smith)

As churches prepare to reopen, LA Catholics reflect on lessons of the shutdown

Tom Hoffarth|Jun 2, 2020|8 Min Read

Deacon Jim Carper, president of LAPD Southwest Clergy Council, attends a recent roll call to pray over the officers. (Image via Twitter @LAPD_Southwest)

‘This is what we’re for’: LAPD officers call in spiritual backup during pandemic

Tom Hoffarth|May 27, 2020|6 Min Read

Riley (first grade) and Ruby (third grade), students at St. Andrew’s School in Pasadena, work on assignments at their home. (Photo courtesy of the Miller family)

What LA Catholic schools are taking away from ‘distance learning’

Tom Hoffarth|Apr 7, 2020|9 Min Read

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Faith

Pulling weeds in a pandemic: a reflection

Tom Hoffarth|Apr 1, 2020|5 Min Read

Msgr. John F. Barry celebrates Mass in an undated photo.

Manhattan Beach pastor recovers from COVID-19 after hospital stay

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 30, 2020|2 Min Read

Some 50 members of the Bishop Mora Salesian basketball family were invited to experience the memorial service from a suite at Staples Center arranged by Lakers executive Tim Harris. (Courtesy Bishop Mora Salesian High School)

Inspiration from Kobe memorial propels Bishop Mora team to historic run

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 10, 2020|7 Min Read

Past members of CMOB at an event in April 2018, marking the 25th year of a lay review board in Los Angeles. Fourth from left is former CMOB chair and retired Judge Richard "Skip" Byrne. (Alexandra Cooper)

The quiet, often painful work of LA's abuse oversight board

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 5, 2020|6 Min Read

From left, the 2020 Cardinal’s Award recipients: Michael Feely, Carlos Herrera, Mollie Baumer, Archbishop José H. Gomez, Paul Viviano, Dan Schwala, and Michelle Chandler. (Victor Alemán)

Doers of the Word: Meet the 2020 Cardinal's award honorees

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 27, 2020|14 Min Read

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez and Director of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of LA Sister Rosalia Meza at the LA Religious Education Congress Opening Ceremony Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (Isabel Cacho)

Evangelizing through mercy and holiness emphasized at LA Congress

Tom Hoffarth and Pablo Kay|Feb 23, 2020|8 Min Read

Players from both 11-man #TeamPriest (black) and 20-man #TeamSeminarian (in white) gather for a group shot after the game. (JohnMichael Filippone)

‘Kobe Generation’ priests beat seminarians in LA vocations matchup

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 9, 2020|5 Min Read

Jim Coleman as Father Augustus Tolton in “Tolton: From Slave to Priest.” (Saint Luke Productions)

Story of first U.S. black priest takes the stage in LA

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 5, 2020|8 Min Read

Kobe Bryant practices, June 7, 2008, on the eve of the Game Two of the 2008 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics beat the Lakers 98-88 to open the National Basketball Association Finals.(GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Kobe Bryant took his Catholic faith so seriously

Tom Hoffarth and Steve Lowery|Feb 4, 2020|11 Min Read

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