Bishop Michael Pham is the first Vietnamese American to lead a diocese in the United States.
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Two San Diegans won tickets to watch Pope Francis address congress on Thursday at the U.S. Capitol building. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe history of San Diego and Junipero Serra date back to the first mission he founded. On the eve of his canonization, reaction is mixed to the Spanish missionary and his legacy. -
KPBS Midday EditionPope Francis arrives in the U.S. this week. But what does the historic visit mean for the one million Catholics in San Diego and Imperial counties? -
Bishop Robert McElroy consecrated a memorial wall dedicated to families separated by deportations, celebrating this week's arrival of Pope Francis in the U.S. -
Organizers hope to strike a balance between a monastery and 'Animal House' -
The collection, which is estimated to worth $500,000, includes more than 70 Torah or Torah fragments, some nearly 800 years old, from locations like Turkey, Morocco, Spain and the Netherlands. -
KPBS Midday EditionAn account of the Catholic Church crackdown on the American nuns is the subject of "Radical Grace," a new documentary screening in San Diego on Wednesday night. -
Iraqi Chaldeans seeking political asylum in the U.S. have been held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for four months at an Otay Mesa detention facility while their paper work is processed. Activists say they should be released to their families. -
Customs and Border Protection grants temporary permission to enter U.S. on case-by-case basis -
SDSU psychology professor Jean Twenge and her team found that 75 percent of high school seniors say religion is not important to them.
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