Touched by holiness: LA welcomes the relics of two special saints

Vol. 10, No. 23

November 14, 2025

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department captain is blessed with a first-class relic belonging to St. Carlo Acutis after a special Mass with inmates and officers inside Men’s Central Jail on Oct. 20. On Page 10, Angelus had an exclusive look inside the surprise jail service featuring the relic brought from Italy. On Page 13, Natalie Romano captured some of the devotion inspired by the rare visit of relics belonging to another popular saint, Thérèse of Lisieux, to Southern California in October.