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30,000 Americans to enter Church at Easter Vigil
More than 30,000 people will be welcomed into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil ceremonies across the US this year. The Los Angeles archdiocese, the country’s largest, will welcome nearly 3,000 new members; the Galveston-Houston archdiocese, more than 2,000.
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Easter and eternity
I was reflecting this week about a pilgrimage I made several years ago to Jerusalem and my experience of kneeling in prayer at the tomb of Jesus Christ.
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2018 Christian Service Award Mass Honorees
More than seventy students, teachers and principals were recognized at this year’s Christian Service Awards Mass presided by Archbishop José H. Gomez at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on March 20.
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Pope Francis urges youths not to be silent — Palm Sunday
Pope Francis is telling young people to keep on shouting and not let people silence them.
“Dear young people, the joy that Jesus awakens in you is a source of anger and irritation to some, since a joyful young person is hard to manipulate”, he said.
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Defense-minded Serra wins State Division I girls’ basketball title
Led by a suffocating defense and timely scoring, the Serra Cavaliers of Gardena won the girls’ Division I state high school basketball championship, going away with a 70-54 defeat of Sacred Heart Cathedral March 23 in Sacramento.
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Palm Sunday Mass celebrated by LA’s Catholic archbishop
José H. Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles, celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
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Southland Christians to Celebrate Palm Sunday
Holy Week begins Sunday with Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
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Olvera Sweet: Blessing of the Animals
If it is the day before Easter, and you’re in Los Angeles, and you’re standing near some of the city’s very oldest buildings, and it is the early afternoon, the chance that you’ll see a horse draped with paper flowers, or a Pug wearing a bonnet, or a guinea pig inside a decorated enclosure (being carried by a cute tot), is incredibly high.
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