The following excerpt is from Bishop Gerald Barnes’ address at the Combined Vicariate Meeting of the San Bernardino Pastoral Region on February 15.

 The V Encuentro has caused a great deal of concern on the part of some people who are feeling left out. They say, ‘Why is this only with Hispanics?’ ‘Why is that bishop so insistent with the Hispanics?’

By Most Reverend Gerald Barnes

 In this Christmas Season we celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus. Emmanuel, God with us. It is a time of joy for us as Catholic Christians because we understand, and we feel in our hearts, that the incarnation of God, brought into our world to be among us, set the path for our own salvation.

By Bishop Gerald R. Barnes

 As the Lord Jesus hung on the cross, in his last moments of earthly life, he heard the call of another condemned man near him, “remember me, when you come into your kingdom.” (Lk 23:42)

By Bishop Gerald Barnes

 The run-up to last month’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States was unlike any other before it.

By Most Reverend Gerald Barnes

 Part of our Catholic faith tradition is to mark and celebrate specific periods of time according to their historical and/or spiritual significance. From Feast Days to Holy Week to liturgical seasons, these moments allow us to reflect on what it means to be Catholic and, hopefully, to recommit ourselves to living out the faith.

By Most Reverend Gerald R. Barnes

 The presidential election that is now less than two months away is being described in the most dramatic of terms. One candidate calls it “a moment of reckoning,” the other “a moment of crisis.”