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3 Ways to Experience #RECongress from Wherever You Are
Every year the Archdiocese of Los Angeles hosts the Religious Education Congress, better known as #RECongress. It is the largest gathering of Catholics in the United States, drawing more than 30,000 attendees from all over the world. This year there will be 308 sessions covering 40 topics of interest. 12 liturgies reflecting the universality of the Church with Masses for the Black, Vietnamese, Spanish and Byzantine communities.
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Girls’ water polo: Santa Margarita duo named Players of the Year
Sophomore Honnie Vandeweghe and junior Caroline Christl, stalwarts of Santa Margarita’s Division championship girls’ water polo team, were named Division 2 Co-Players of the Year for 2019 by the CIF-Southern Section.
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Boys’ soccer: 18 Catholic school players named All-CIF
Eighteen standout boys’ soccer players from local Catholic high schools have received All-CIF-Southern Section First Team honors for 2019, three of them repeat selections from 2018.
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29th annual Cardinal’s Awards honors local Catholics
Six members of the local Catholic community received the 2019 Cardinal’s Awards for their extensive and distinguished service at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Saturday on March 16.
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Mercy for the merciful
In these columns during Lent, we are trying to return to the Gospels, praying to be transformed into the person we meet in those pages.
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LA Archbishop arrives to OLPH in Newhall for its 75th anniversary
Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Newhall opened its doors to parishioners and the Archbishop of Los Angeles at the beginning of a weekend-long celebration of the church’s 75th anniversary.
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California: Catholic leaders welcome governor’s decision to halt executions
Yesterday morning, Gavin Newsome, the Catholic Governor of California, announced a moratorium on the death penalty. Up that date, 737 inmates in the state were on Death Row. The ruling means they will not be executed during the governor’s tenure
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Archbishop Gomez’s statement on California death penalty moratorium
For many years now, my brother Catholic bishops and I have been calling for an end to the death penalty, not only in California but throughout the United States. So this is a good day for California and a good day for our country.
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STATEMENT BY ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ ON MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY IN CA
Archbishop José H. Gomez today made the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s imposition of a moratorium on the death penalty in California. For many …
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California bishops praise death penalty moratorium
The imposition of a state moratorium on the use of the death penalty by Gov. Gavin Newsom was hailed as a positive (CNA).- step by California’s bishops Wednesday. But the state’s Catholic leaders cautioned the state’s criminal justice system was still in need of reform.