Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, July 11, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Next week, the Crystal Cathedral — a Southern California landmark that has ...

The first Mass and dedication of the new cathedral with Bishop Kevin Vann takes place this week on July 17, 2019. Catholic elements are the hallmark of the renovation, from the large crucifix to ...

A prominent house of worship in Southern California has been flipped — from a towering glass megachurch of a flamboyant televangelist to the new seat of the seventh-largest Roman Catholic Church ...

COMMENTARY: Very few things are truly unprecedented in the life of the Church, but a Catholic cathedral built inside of a former Protestant church is one of them. At night, Christ Cathedral in the ...

Guests arrive at the Christ Cathedral Solemn Mass of Dedication in Garden Grove, Calif.AP More than 2,000 guests attended the event that marked the opening of the building, now known as Christ ...

GARDEN GROVE (AP) — The bidding war has intensified for the site of Southern California's famed Crystal Cathedral Ministries, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year. The Roman ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) – A plan to remove memorial stones from the landmark Crystal Cathedral in Southern California is drawing opposition from donors who paid thousands of dollars to honor loved ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) – The soaring, glass-paned megachurch built decades ago by the Rev. Robert H. Schuller will keep airing its weekly “Hour of Power” television broadcast and hold services, ...

ARTESIA, Calif. (AP) — The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, the Southern California televangelist and author who beamed his upbeat messages on faith and redemption to millions from his landmark Crystal ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The congregation of Crystal Cathedral, a mega-church once famous for its "Hour of Power" broadcasts, will move to a new location next year under a deal with the Roman Catholic ...