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Bishops Urge Rejection of Death Penalty in California, New Mexico
The California Catholic bishops are urging voters to support a November ballot initiative that would outlaw the death penalty.
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A priest and his love for Syrian refugees
While many priests grapple with budgetary concerns and a desire to fill pews, Father Bedrossian is wondering where he’s going to find the resources to house the next Syrian refugee who shows up on the church steps.
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OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PILGRIMAGE LAUNCHED TODAY WITH SEA VOYAGE TO CATALINA ISLAND
–Pilgrimage takes place each year in spiritual preparation for the 85th annual Guadalupe Procession and Mass in East LA on Dec. 4– In celebration of …
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Virgen de Guadalupe inicia hoy peregrinaje en L.A
La comunidad católica de Los Ángeles se prepara para la visita de La Peregrina, una reproducción digital exacta de la imagen original de la Virgen de Guadalupe que reposa en la Basílica de la Ciudad de México.
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Join Us for Mass to Celebrate St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s Canonization
Calling all Carmelites!
I am overjoyed to announce that the Avila Foundation, along with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Carmelites of the Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, will host a special Mass of Thanksgiving in celebration of the life and canonization of Elizabeth of the Trinity on November 6 in Alhambra, California.
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‘…the death penalty can only function as … killing’- Archbishop calls California to vote for Prop 62
“It is time for us to end the death penalty – not only in California but throughout the United States and throughout the world,” Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said Sept. 21.
“In a culture of death, I believe mercy alone can be the only credible witness to the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human person.”
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Los Angeles archbishop sees ‘Latino moment’ in America
Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, technically speaking, is just one among more than 5,000 Catholic bishops in the world, and, in the U.S., the head of just one of 32 territorial archdioceses, 145 dioceses, an Archdiocese for the Military Services, a Personal Ordinariate for ex-Anglicans, two archieparchies, sixteen eparchies, and one apostolic exarchate.
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Archbishop Gomez: It’s time to end the death penalty
Californians should vote for Proposition 62, a ballot measure to end the death penalty, the Archbishop of Los Angeles has said in a reflection on justice, Catholic teaching and American society.
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End the death penalty in California
On the ballot this Nov. 8 in California is Proposition 62.
This proposition would repeal the death penalty in our state and would make life in prison without parole the maximum punishment that could be imposed for crimes of murder.
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L.A. Archdiocese’s auxiliary bishops participate in “baby bishops’ boot camp” in Rome
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishops Robert E. Barron, Joseph V. Brennan and David G. O’Connell were among a group of more than 150 bishops — all of whom were appointed by Pope Francis during the past year — who visited Rome Sept. 10-18 to participate in what some have dubbed “baby bishops’ boot camp.”
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