Roger M. Mahony

Catholic laity needs to be heard in selection of new pope

2013-03-06 12:00:00

Since the resignation of Pope Benedict, we have been treated to the truly tawdry spectacle of life in the Vatican at this time in history. There are stories of Papal shoes, rings, palaces and castles. We see pictures of old men dressed in ecclesiastical...

Crucial job awaits Cardinal Keeler at papal conclave

2005-04-04 00:00:00

When word of Pope Leo XIII's grave illness reached the United States in 1903, Cardinal James Gibbons booked passage on every steamship leaving for Rome, according to his biographers, lest he miss the opportunity to vote for the pope's successor. The...

Pope predicted 'short reign' in remarks just after election

2005-04-21 00:00:00

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI predicted a "short reign" in comments to cardinals just after his election, and his brother said yesterday that he was worried about the stress the job would put on the 78-year-old pontiff. Joseph Ratzinger has had...

U.S. bishops endorse 2nd sex-abuse audit

2004-06-16 00:00:00

Accused of backsliding in their commitment to protect children from pedophile priests, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops voted overwhelmingly yesterday to begin a second round of audits to ensure that dioceses comply with provisions to prevent sexual...

Pope to focus work on youth, more reforms

2005-04-21 00:00:00

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI outlined an agenda yesterday that he described as being based on the legacy of his predecessor, saying he wanted to strengthen and unify Christianity throughout the world even as he seeks dialogue with leaders of other...

Catholic bishop calls for healing church rift

2003-11-11 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - In a speech stressing hope and conciliation, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged his colleagues yesterday to re-establish a sense of Christian community in the beleaguered church. Addressing nearly 300 bishops at...

Letters: Rebuilding the Catholic church

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Re "A posthumous fall from grace," May 12 On the one hand, men like Cardinal Roger Mahony and the late Msgr. Benjamin Hawkes, who was accused posthumously of sex abuse, seemed to be just the men to act in the best interests of the Los Angeles...

After death, a church leader's sordid side revealed

2013-05-12 07:00:00

By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a metal plaque and bolted to...

After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile

2013-05-09 17:55:00

When Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations. No...

The Week in Pictures | March 11 – March 17, 2013

2013-03-15 14:44:43

Pictures in the News | March 15, 2013

2013-03-15 09:34:21

Jury pool tainted by news on priests' sex abuse, church lawyers say

2013-03-16 10:02:29

Cardinal Roger Mahony attends a Mass in the Santi Quattro Coronati church in Rome.

2013-03-08 08:38:00

Cardinal Roger Mahony makes his way to the altar at the start of a Mass he presided over at the Basilica SS Quattro Coronati in Rome.

2013-02-01 14:29:28

Cardinal Roger Mahony, left, walks with his successor, San Antonio Archbishop Jose Gomez, right, after a news conference at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Gomez was appointed to take over the Archdiocese of Los Angeles when Mahony retired.

2013-02-01 14:29:38