Man found guilty of arson in Hacienda Heights church blaze

A 35-year-old Hacienda Heights man was found guilty of arson Tuesday for burning down a church in 2011.

In Egypt, Islamists call for uprising after military opens fire

CAIRO — With its people more polarized than ever and the military once again struggling to impose calm, Egypt's downward spiral...

Teens who died in Asiana crash were bound for L.A. church camp

SAN FRANCISCO — Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan, 16-year-old girls from the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, were supposed to...

Cleric who ran Rosemead orphanage was suspected of molestation

The preschooler's hair was falling out in clumps. He had stopped playing with other children and barely spoke to his teachers. He woke...

In Egypt, Islamists prepare to counter Morsi foes

CAIRO — Many among the hundreds of Islamists gathered beneath a scorching sun read the Koran, marched with sticks past flags of...

St. Callistus Catholic Church moves to Crystal Cathedral site

On the plaza of the future Christ Cathedral, 3,000 chairs and 7,000 water bottles awaited the faithful. On Saturday, before Mass welcomed...

A new consuming philosophy: Reuse, remake, refrain

Each year, Andy Ruben bought his daughter new shinguards for soccer, stashing the old gear and waiting for the replacements to labor through...

These are dangerous days for Egypt's Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi

CAIRO — The circle is tightening around Mohamed Morsi, an accidental president turned vilified leader who, with barricades and...

Hoag Hospital's abortion ban linked to new Catholic partner

When Hoag Hospital announced this spring that it would no longer provide elective abortions, officials at the esteemed Orange County medical...

Using art in the streets to combat violence

Some believe the solution to neighborhood violence is increased police presence and arrests. For others, it's teaching parents how to...

Teacher at Catholic school loses job over ex-husband's actions

SAN DIEGO — A veteran teacher at a Catholic school has lost her job because school officials are worried her ex-husband, now serving a...

Sex-abuse investigations rip open Catholic Church's secret files

Preparing for his return to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles after six months' treatment at a center for pedophile priests, Father Michael...

Cardinal Mahony used cemetery money to pay sex abuse settlement

Pressed to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars to settle clergy sex abuse lawsuits, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony turned to one group of...

L.A. church leaders sought to hide sex abuse cases from authorities

Fifteen years before the clergy sex abuse scandal came to light, Archbishop Roger M. Mahony and a top advisor plotted to conceal child...

Judge orders archdiocese to restore names in abuse files

Church leaders who mishandled child sex abuse allegations will be named in a 30,000-page cache of internal Archdiocese of Los Angeles...

Kuang-hsun Ting dies at 97; bishop led Protestant church in China

Bishop Kuang-hsun Ting, who was one of the most influential Christian figures in China as the longtime leader of the country's government-...

Pope Shenouda III dies at 88; leader of Coptic Orthodox Church

Silicon Valley gives conservative Christians a boost

Silicon Valley, the politically liberal technology hub, is an unlikely incubator of conservative Christian activism.

David Martinez dies at 67; pastor's church helped gang members and addicts

David Martinez, pastor of Victory Outreach Church of the San Fernando Valley, whose...

James Kavanaugh dies at 81; former Catholic priest wrote book calling for church reform

James Kavanaugh, a former Catholic priest who came to fame in 1967 with his controversial bestseller calling for reform in the church and...