Bishop Michael Pham is the first Vietnamese American to lead a diocese in the United States.
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Funeral services were held Tuesday for Father Joe Carroll, a San Diego icon of charitable services whose decades of work for the homeless made him a noted figure nationally. -
Funeral services will be held next week for Father Joe Carroll, a San Diego icon of charitable services whose decades of work for the homeless made him a noted figure nationally and a beloved civic fixture in his adopted hometown. -
KPBS Midday EditionFather Joe Carroll, the legendary San Diego priest who built a nationally known nonprofit organization to help the homeless, has died at the age of 80 after a battle with diabetes.
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The state of California has agreed to pay $1.6 million in attorneys' fees in settling a lawsuit brought by a Chula Vista church that sued over COVID-19 restrictions on houses of worship. -
Many religious leaders across the county are actively encouraging followers to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, at least one megachurch is advocating against vaccines, while others are trying to avoid the subject. -
California on Monday lifted its limits on indoor worship services in the face of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that struck down the coronavirus public health mandates. -
The order from the court late Friday is the latest in a recent string of cases in which the high court has barred officials from enforcing some coronavirus-related restrictions applying to religious gatherings. -
The suit filed last week in San Diego Superior Court alleges security guards should have been hired to safeguard the congregation at the time of the April 27, 2019, shooting and that the synagogue lacked enough fences, gates, barriers and other measures to keep threats out. -
An appeals court rejected a Chula Vista church's request on Friday to block California's occupancy limits on indoor worship ahead of Easter Sunday.
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On the second day of a landmark trip to Iraq, Pope Francis traveled to the the city of Najaf to meet Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, before visiting what is believed to be the birthplace of Abraham.
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