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Priest’s hospital room mix-up allows dying woman to receive sacraments
Shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, Father Gergorio Hidalgo went to a hospital to give Communion to a patient. But a “mistake” in room numbers allowed him to administer the sacraments to a dying woman as well.
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Community bands together as Thomas Fire spreads
Although firefighters begin to see containment in sight for many of the six blazes in Southern California, the Thomas Fire has expanded to become the state’s fifth largest wildfire since 1932, devouring ranch property in Santa Paula, destroying homes in Ventura, Carpentaria and Ojai and now threatening the country’s most expensive homes in Santa Barbara.
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New Lay Maryknoll Missioners Span the Globe to Help the Poor
Mike Garr hopes to return from his mission in Kenya in 2021 with a better understanding of people living in poverty. The 61-year-old retiree is one of seven missioners in the 50th Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ (MKLM) class who will begin their assignments this month.
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POPE FRANCIS BESTOWS SPECIAL HONORS ON TWO ST. ANASTASIA PARISHIONERS
It’s not every day that American Catholics hear from the Vatican. It’s even rarer for a layperson to receive the equivalent of a thank you note from the pope. But Laurette Lucille Bibeau and Herb Klein, active parishioners of St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Westchester, are now among those who have received such an honor.
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[IMMACULATE HEART MIDDLE SCHOOL] Bringing Holiday Cheer to Skid Row
Adopt-A-Family is a great program whose mission is to provide families in the downtown Los Angeles and Skid Row areas with a magical Christmas. Immaculate Heart Middle School has paired with this organization for over 10 years.
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‘La Virgen de Guadalupe: Dios Inantzin’ celebrates 15th year at the cathedral
For theatergoers around the world, the Christmas season is synonymous with famous productions, such as Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” But over the past 15 years, a growing number of people in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, particularly its Mexican Catholic demographic, have also come to associate yuletide theater with the Latino Theater Company’s (LTC) annual performance of the powerful play “La Virgen de Guadalupe: Dios Inantzin” at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Downtown L.A.
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Natural disasters prompt church to raise millions for aid, recovery
In Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, California and Mexico City, recovery was slow and deep pain remained from a string of natural disasters as 2017 ended.
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Reclusos de la cárcel de Los Ángeles celebran misa de navidad
Lejos de sus seres queridos por haber cometido algún delito pero sin ser olvidados, unos 250 prisioneros de la cárcel central de Los Ángeles recibieron un pequeño regalo de navidad.
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Slideshow: Archbishop celebrates Christmas Mass in county jail
The head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese has made it something of a personal tradition to spend part of the holiday with inmates at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A.
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Events to Assist Los Angeles County’s Growing Homeless Population Set For Christmas
Christmas Day in Los Angeles County will include efforts in downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and Pasadena to help the growing homeless population along with traditional church services.
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