A photo of the author's First Communion, along with a souvenir from the ceremony (Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times) In the spring of 1997, my sister and I took catechism classes at our home parish ...

Opus Dei priest John Wauck says the lead character in Dan Brown’s potboiler Angels & Demons actually promotes Church teaching at one point in the book. “There’s a scene in the novel when the hero, ...

Local theatergoers looking for something to do on a Monday night can rest easily. Catechism classes are open once more. That’s “Late Nite Catechism 2,” the dark-night entertainment that’s been offered ...

The tension had been rising for weeks. Among the Louisiana rice marshes and stands of sugar cane around the little (pop. 2,500) town of Erath, 125 miles west of New Orleans, groups of white folks ...

In the spring of 1997, my sister and I took catechism classes at our home parish, St. Boniface Catholic Church in Anaheim. Once a week, we joined about 20 other teens in the basement of the massive ...

In the spring of 1997, my sister and I took catechism classes at our home parish, St. Boniface Catholic Church in Anaheim. Once a week, we joined about 20 other teens in the basement of the massive ...