n November, the U.S. bishops affirmed the advancement of convert, mystic and writer Cora Evans’ cause for canonization, which the Diocese of Monterey, California, opened in 2010.

The AP interview with the pope also covered topics ranging from his health to the ongoing clerical sexual abuse crisis and from homosexuality to potential policies for regulating the retirement of a pope who renounces his office.

In the spotlight: National March for Life, Ukraine helicopter crash, farm animal blessing

In focus: New medical school, McCarrick trial, world’s oldest known person dies

“With the whole family of God here in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, I am praying for the victims of this violence,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said in a statement following a mass shooting that left 10 people dead and at least 10 more wounded in Monterey Park, California, late Jan. 21.

“Rachel publicly forgave her son’s killers before his body had even been found. And it’s that act of forgiveness that has gone on to change life after life in the 20 years since.”

Jeanne Mancini, March for Life president, told attendees at a rally prior to the march that “the country and world changed” when Roe was reversed in June 2022. But she said the annual March for Life would continue in Washington until abortion is “unthinkable.”

Casi siete meses después de que la Corte Suprema anunciara que puso fin a la sentencia Roe vs. Wade y a las protecciones constitucionales para el aborto que estuvieron vigentes casi medio siglo, nuevamente las calles del centro de Washington D.C. se inundaron de personas que claman por la defensa a la vida.