By Deanna Bowers

GRAND TERRACE—On October 18, the feast of St. Luke, patron saint of physicians and surgeons, the Diocese of San Bernardino will celebrate a White Mass—to honor the men and women who dedicate their lives to serving others as healthcare providers. 

By Elise Harris

VATICAN CITY—In a reformed marriage annulment process, Pope Francis has made significant changes, giving more of a role to the local bishop, dropping automatic appeals, and declaring the process free of charge.

 Announced Sept. 8, the new process is aimed at streamlining the system for granting annulments out of concern “for the salvation of souls” while affirming the longstanding Catholic teaching on marriage indissolubility.

By Mike Nelson
Catholic News Service 

OXNARD—It is uncertain that a California pro-life group’s ongoing series of undercover videos that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the illegal marketing and sale of fetal tissue will lead to defunding for the nation’s leading provider of abortion services.

GRAND TERRACE—Although diocesan seminarians have always spent their first few years of formation living in the Diocese, Father Jose Sanz, DLP, admits he was never entirely comfortable watching them go off to Chicago or San Antonio to complete their studies.

SAN BERNARDINO—In the wake of the tragic July 29 shooting of four-year-old Highland boy, Daniel Munoz, St. Bernardine Church served as a place for community members to grieve, pray and renew the call for anti-violence programs in San Bernardino

 With the release of seven videos over the past month depicting Planned Parenthood officials’ casual discussion of profitable sales of the organs of aborted babies, a national protest of the organization played out at several clinics in the Diocese.