Angelus News

01/04/2026

reflection from Scott Hahn:

“In today’s readings, with their rising stars, splendorous lights and mysteries revealed, the face of the child born on Christmas day appears.”

Will we follow the signs that lead to Him as the wise Magi did? Or will we be like those priests and the scribes who let God’s words of promise become dead letters on an ancient page?

01/02/2026

“A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” - St. Basil the Great

St. Basil the Great, pray for us!

01/02/2026

Lawrence’s life moved to the rhythms of the monastery. Rather than separate Mary and Martha, he practiced the “one thing necessary” in both the chapel and the kitchen.

It’s obvious that this unassuming keeper of pots and pans had a serious interior life.

01/01/2026

2025 kept us on our toes — devastating wildfires, the election of the first American pope, ICE raids across Southern California, and everything in between.

For our final act of the year, here’s a look at our most-read online stories, plus a few editors’ picks that deserve a second look.

Coverage of LA's wildfires, a new American pope, mass immigration raids, and two new saints with LA connections were among our top stories in 2025.

12/31/2025

Many of the reunited family members from Mexico hadn't seen each other in decades before Sunday's event at St. Thomas the Apostle Church near downtown LA.

The families from Jalisco were reunited at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in LA’s Pico-Union neighborhood with help from a special visa program.

12/31/2025

As pope, St. Sylvester is remembered for the Council of Nicea and the baptism of Constantine.

St. Sylvester, pray for us!

12/30/2025

St. Anysius was a martyr of Greece.

St. Anysius, pray for us!

12/30/2025

Before crossing Rome’s Holy Doors, thousands of American Jubilee pilgrims have checked in with a team of nuns. Here’s what they’ve seen.

“The work of the Visitors’ Office may be similar from week to week, but it is never dull.”

An American nun looks back at the Jubilee Year spent working in the Bishops’ Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican.

12/30/2025

From answered prayers for one last pilgrimage to a budding relationship inspired by St. John Paul II, Angelus readers shared their stories of hope in the Jubilee Year. Read the winning entries here.

We wanted to hear stories of hope: conversions, answered prayers, graces received, and even miracles experienced in the context of the Jubilee.

12/29/2025

12/28/2025

A Feast of the Holy Family reflection from Scott Hahn:

At the beginning of the world, God established the family in the “marriage” of Adam and Eve, the two becoming one body. Now in the new creation, Christ is made “one body” with his bride, the Church.

We see the nucleus of the new people of God, the Holy Family, facing persecution from those who seek to destroy the child and his kingdom.

12/27/2025

Séraphine was prone to visions and states of near-ecstasy. Poverty and ill-treatment she could deal with. It was perhaps even a small measure of success that sent her over the edge.

She worked by candlelight, with an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary gazing down upon her.