Faithful from around Southern California braved the rain and cold the evening of Dec. 11 to fill the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and celebrate another year under the protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe, “Empress of the Americas.” By Isabel Gonzalez and Pablo Kay, Angelus News
People hold a banner during a prayer service for Jesuit Father Stan Swamy in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2021, a day after he died at a hospital while imprisoned. Catholic activists and priests want the Indian government to "take full responsibility" for his death after latest findings by U.S.-based digital forensic experts that false evidence was planted on the priest's computer by hacking it. Read more from Catholic News Service (CNS photo/Francis Mascarenhas, Reuters)
