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Sanctuary for Weary Souls: Divine Mercy Comes to Hollywood
In Los Angeles, Christ the King Catholic Church stands at the border separating Hollywood and the Larchmont sections of the city.
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ARCHDIOCESE WELCOMES MORE THAN 2,000 NEW CATHOLICS ON EASTER
Catholic baptisms in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles set a record high this year with 2,075 adults, children and young people joining the Catholic Church, …
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Archdiocese welcomes record number of new Catholics on Easter 2024
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles had more than 2,000 catechumens baptized into the Catholic faith, the biggest number since at least 2016. The archdiocese also had the second-most candidates since 2016 entering into full communion with the Catholic Church.
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L.A. ARCHDIOCESE COMMEMORATES APRIL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH WITH A NEW GARDEN OF HEALING AND PRAYER
–A fifth healing garden, which will complete the places of prayer dedicated to sex abuse victim-survivors in each of the Archdiocese’s pastoral regions will be …
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What I saw on Palm Sunday in LA’s hipster capital
It is hard to imagine what the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles looked like in 1921, the year that St. Teresa of Avila Church was founded.
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The encounter with Easter
It was still dark in the early morning hours when Mary Magdalene returned to the tomb.
She had been with Jesus when the Roman soldiers came to arrest him, when the Twelve and his other disciples ran away.
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Worshipers brave cold, wet morning to welcome Easter 2024
The return of intermittent rain on Sunday, March 31 didn’t dampen the faith of worshipers, but it did shift some services and celebrations indoors and sent other participants under tents and umbrellas. The skies cleared briefly for some services, with sunrise celebrations going on as planned on the wet, chilly morning, the holiest day of the year on the Christian calendar.
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Los Angeles celebrates Easter
Weekend rain didn’t stop Easter Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
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Decenas de mascotas reciben bendición de los animales en la Calle Olvera
Perros, gatos e incluso ganado fueron bendecidos el sábado en la Bendición de los Animales anual en la Calle Olvera.
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Photos: Blessing of the animals on Olvera Street
Archbishop of Los Angeles José Gomez celebrated Holy Saturday with a blessing of the animals on Olvera Street. The blessing has been a tradition on Olvera Street since its founding in 1930, when priests would bless cows, horses and goats at La Placita Church “to help ensure health, fecundity and productivity.” The line for animal blessings began at 1 p.m. in front of Pico House on Main Street.