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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Today Pope Francis accepted the retirement resignation of Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Jerry Wilkerson and announced the appointment of three new auxiliaries for the archdiocese -- nbsp Monsignors Joseph V Brennan and David G O rsquo Connell of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Father Robert B
Pop star Katy Perry offered $10 million cash up front for the old Los Angeles convent.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
It’s not about David and Goliath; it’s about Grandma.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been talking by phone to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California including Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta nbsp Gov Jerry Brown nbsp three local bishops and a diocesan environmental justice director a college president a resources executive
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been talking by phone to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California including nbsp Leon Panetta nbsp Gov Jerry Brown nbsp and nbsp three local bishops getting their reactions to ldquo Laudato Si rsquo rdquo This week I 39 m posting some of their r
The South Lake Reservoir in Tahoe has a very low water level because of the California drought.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been talking by phone to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California getting their reactions to quot Laudato Si rsquo quot This week I 39 m posting some of their responses Among those I rsquo ve spoken to have been a number of California rsquo s bishop
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been reaching out to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California getting their reactions to quot Laudato Si rsquo quot This week I 39 m posting some of their responses nbsp California Governor Jerry Brown has spent his entire life in public service A
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends Pope Benedict XVI's general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (Jan. 16, 2013)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
'This pope has the courage to speak out.'
Gay rights supporters celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington June 26 after the justices ruled in a 5-4 decision that the U.S. Constitution gives same-sex couples the right to marry. (CNS photo/Jim Bourg, Reuters)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
The path forward can happen only through love and openness to one another.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Reading the encyclical we might ask ourselves, where did all that kid common sense go?
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
In this first day following the release of quot Laudato Si 39 quot a number of California rsquo s bishops released statements praising the document Writing in Los Angeles rsquo archdiocesan newspaper The Tidings Archbishop Jose Gomez noted the pope rsquo s persistent call on humanity ldquo