Diocese of Orange

Catholic Church in California grapples with more than 3,000 lawsuits, alleging child sex abuse

By Alejandra Molina — May 26, 2023
(RNS) — Advocates have been left stunned by the number of cases that surfaced during this revival window.

Thousands gather in California for unveiling of Lady of La Vang shrine

By Alejandra Molina — July 18, 2021
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (RNS) — 'It's like the Lady of Guadalupe for the Vietnamese community. That's how big it is,' said Deborah Tran.

Shrine to Vietnamese Lady of La Vang rises in Southern California

By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil — November 16, 2018
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (RNS) — The new statue will commemorate the Marian apparition at La Vang in the late 1700s, a centerpiece of Vietnamese Catholic faith.

Four priests, four friends: Bishops witness historic changes in Catholic life

By Peggy Fletcher Stack — January 9, 2013
(RNS) Released from the Catholic cocoon of seminary in 1962, the four young priests faced a church on the brink of volcanic reform with the opening of the Second Vatican Council. After being schooled in a Vatican I church, the foursome would step down as powerful American prelates, five decades later, as quintessential Vatican II men. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
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