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California Fires

A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns during a weather-driven windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles Jan. 7. (OSV News/Ringo Chiu, Reuters)

A piece of paradise lost

Greg Erlandson|Jan 11, 2025|4 Min Read

Hundreds gathered at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel’s Chapel of the Annunciation on Jan. 9 for a special bilingual Mass to pray for fire victims, firefighters, and first responders. (Victor Alemán)

Eaton Fire victims find solidarity at San Gabriel Mission Mass

Theresa Cisneros and Mike Cisneros|Jan 10, 2025|5 Min Read

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Corpus Christi fire victims grieve lost homes, church: ‘It’s too much’

Pablo Kay|Jan 10, 2025|6 Min Read

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Deacon, parishioners save Altadena church from Eaton Fire with a hose

Pablo Kay|Jan 9, 2025|4 Min Read

Volunteer Abel Garcia, right, helps distribute essential daily items to a man displaced by wildfires at the "Eaton Fire Parish Response" at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 10, 2025. Fires raging in the Los Angeles area reduced some 12,000 structures to ash and rubble, killed at least 11, displaced thousands of others and spread over an area larger than the size of San Francisco. (OSV News photo/Ringo Chiu)

LA Archdiocese, Catholic agencies announce resources for fire victims

Angelus Staff|Jan 9, 2025|3 Min Read

Archbishop Gomez delivers the homily at a special Mass for the victims of the California wildfires Jan. 9. (Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

‘Called to be instruments’ in the California wildfires

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Jan 9, 2025|4 Min Read

A cross of Jesus on the Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center is shown near flames from the Eaton Fire that has ravaged areas such as Sierra Madre, Altadena and Pasadena. (Mater Dolorosa Facebook page)

Sierra Madre's Mater Dolorosa retreat center badly damaged in Eaton Fire

Mike Cisneros|Jan 9, 2025|4 Min Read

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Catholic parishes offer shelter, relief to evacuated families near LA fires

Pablo Kay|Jan 8, 2025|3 Min Read

A firefighter works near homes during a weather-driven windstorm in Altadena on Jan. 8, that fueled ferocious wildfires. The fires tore across Southern California, including Pacific Palisades, Sylmar and the Altadena/Pasadena area. (OSV News/David Swanson, Reuters)

SoCal fires: Catholic school closures in the area

Angelus Staff|Jan 8, 2025|3 Min Read

The exterior of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Pacific Palisades as seen the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 8. (Courtesy Gigi Graciette, FOX11 News)

Palisades Fire destroys Corpus Christi Catholic church, damages school

Pablo Kay|Jan 8, 2025|3 Min Read

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Parishes in Pacific Palisades, Altadena evacuated as wind-driven fires rage

Pablo Kay|Jan 7, 2025|2 Min Read

A statue of the Virgin Mary in the cemetery area of St. Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo stands as the Bobcat Fire burns in the nearby San Gabriel Mountains Sept. 16. (Abbot Damien Toiloro)

‘I didn’t believe it’: SoCal Catholics reflect on close calls with recent fires

Natalie Romano and Ann Rodgers|Sep 28, 2020|8 Min Read

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