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52 years after his death, a funeral is finally held for a serviceman from Montebello
The service included all of the pomp and reverence expected, including a motorcycle-led procession of Vietnam veterans down Whittier Boulevard to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where Montebello police officers served as pallbearers. Garfield High ROTC members also took part in ceremonies before the Mass. Then, it was on to Rose Hills Memorial Park Mortuaries where burial services were held.
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Navy journalist buried in Whittier 52 years after death in Vietnam
Hundreds gathered in Whittier Thursday to say goodbye to Raul Guerra, a man most of them never knew.
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Montebello Naval Journalist Killed in Vietnam War Finally Laid to Rest 50 Years Later
It has been more than five decades since Montebello native and U.S. Navy journalist Raul Guerra went missing after being shot down near Da Nang, Vietnam.
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LA Archdiocese joins Sri Lankan expats at packed interfaith gathering
The Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese joined Sri Lankan Catholics, Buddhists, and Muslims at a packed interfaith solidarity meeting Tuesday, April 23 at a church in Lomita in Los Angeles County to honor the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.
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Did You Know There’s a Parish Church for the Deaf in Los Angeles?
As someone who studied to become a speech-language pathologist (SLP), I was excited to learn about an extraordinary parish especially devoted to the deaf community in the Los Angeles Archdiocese. I had seen an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter at a regular Mass but had no idea that this parish existed. It wasn’t until a news report highlighted how, for Holy Thursday, this parish didn’t do a washing of the feet but a washing of the hands!
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USCCB president decries terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops termed as “a great evil” the Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka targeting the country’s minority Christian community as worshippers packed three churches.
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Campus ministry offers hungry USC students more than one kind of meal
The 5 p.m. Sunday Mass concludes at Our Savior Church just north of the USC campus. It’s a Palm Sunday gathering with more than 270 USC students, and two lines form at tables angled around the outskirts of the sun-shaded plaza.
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Centuries-old celebration blesses animals and pets
Throughout the world, millions of people from various ethnic and national backgrounds celebrate the Easter and Passover holidays in their own unique ways — some people gather en masse to worship at churches, synagogues, and religious processions, while others choose to gather with friends and families for food and an egg hunt.
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Statement from Archbishop Gomez on Easter bombings in Sri Lanka
Statement from Archbishop Gomez on Easter bombings in Sri Lanka
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Más de 10 mil fieles rezaron en Los Ángeles por víctimas de atentados en Sri Lanka
Liderados por el Arzobispo de Los Ángeles (Estados Unidos), Mons. José Gomez, más de 10 mil fieles que asistieron a las Misas de Pascua en la Catedral local rezaron por las víctimas de los atentados en Sri Lanka que el 21 de abril dejaron al menos 290 muertos en dos iglesias católica, un templo protestante y cuatro hoteles.
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