Top 10 Religion Stories of 2024
January 2, 2025
A list of the top 10 stories featured in the Religion section in 2024.
Breaking News
- LASAN Celebrates Earth Day 2025 With Free Community Event in Baldwin Hills
- Basketball Classic at John Muir High School Empowers Youth to Go to College
- Community Build Assembles Nonprofits to Secure Homes for Wildfire Survivors
- Black Babies Are Still Dying — And America Let It Happen
- DC weighs layoffs and other cuts as House Republicans leave the city budget in limbo
- The Price of Injustice: Nathan Hochman Must Apply the Law Fairly, NOT Selectively
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- Shining a Light on Black Maternal Health Disparities
Rev. Dr. Cecil L. Murray
Community Remembers Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Cecil L. Murray
April 10, 2024
The greater Los Angeles community both mourned and celebrated the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, who passed away in Los Angeles on April 5. He was 94 years old.
Whitlock Returns to L.A. to Preach at Ward AME
April 13, 2023
The Rev. Dr. Mark E. Whitlock Jr. returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, April 16, to preach at the 10 a.m., worship service at Ward AME Church, located at 1177 West 25th St. in L.A.
Religion and homelessness intersect at USC Roundtable
November 1, 2017
Religion and homelessness intersected on October 18 at a high-level roundtable hosted by the University of Southern California. More than 50 religious and civic leaders, including Archbishop José H. Gómez and L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, gathered to share ideas regarding the homelessness crisis and how their communities can provide practical aid. The event was hosted by USC’s Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, Center for Religion and Culture, Office of Religious Life, Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness and the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. “In the Catholic faith, we have the commandment to loving God and loving one another,”