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Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 19, 2016 / 04:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- For the estimated 5,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing Catholics in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, parish participation can be difficult.From homilies to retreats, normal Church events can be inaccessible to those with auditory disabilities, unless specific accommodations are made in advance.Dr. Tomas Garcia Jr., who has been deaf since childhood, knows these challenges well.And now, he’s helping shed light on some of those challenges in his ministry as one of the newest deacons for the archdiocese.Deacon Garcia is the director of ministries at Holy Angels Catholic Church of the Deaf in Vernon, California. In addition, he is an associate professor of American Sign Language at East Los Angeles College.He is also bilingual and as a permanent deacon will be able to reach out to serve other Catholics with auditory disabilities in Los Angeles.“I was born with a hearing loss and progressively began losing more at a rapi...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The Latest on Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers (all times local):...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist said....
A delegation from the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), the umbrella body of the bishops’ conferences of Africa has issued a statement following a recent solidarity visit to Burundi.Following discussions with the local bishops and government officials during the June 9-12th visit, the delegation appealed for peace in the central African nation that has been in a state of violent political conflict since April last year.The SECAM message appealed to the Government of Burundi to recognize that people make up the political community and it should involve all parties in stabilizing the country for the common good. The African bishops called on the country’s leaders to think about the indignity of persons living in refugee camps and urged them to find ways to bring them back home.The delegation further appealed to the bishops, together with the leaders of Burundi to “ensure inclusive participation of citizens in the peace proce...
HONOLULU (AP) -- After the most powerful El Nino on record heated the world's oceans to never-before-seen levels, huge swaths of once vibrant coral reefs that were teeming with life are now stark white ghost towns disintegrating into the sea....
DENVER (AP) -- People in wheelchairs, walking on stilts and riding rainbow-decorated motorcycles turned out for gay pride events over the weekend, including people on parade in Denver carrying posters of the names or faces of the victims who died in last weekend's attack on a gay nightclub in Florida....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled backward down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fifty years ago, when a small group of activists founded the National Organization for Women, the immediate issue that motivated them was sex discrimination in employment. They were irate that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was refusing to ban "Help Wanted Male" and "Help Wanted Female" job advertising....
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's long and difficult referendum campaign has resumed in earnest after a three-day halt caused by the killing of Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox in a brazen knife and gun attack....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump suggested Sunday that the United States should "seriously" consider profiling Muslims inside the country as a terrorism-fighting tool, the latest example of the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting increasingly backing positions that could single out a group based on their religion....
