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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ ORDAINS 13 NEW DEACONS TODAY FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES
Double amputee and a deaf bilingual sign language translator are among the Class of 2016 Archbishop José H. Gomez ordained today 13 new permanent deacons …
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‘No one needs to die alone’: California Catholics pray, fast for better end-of-life care as state’s assisted suicide law goes into effect
Catholics throughout California were invoking St. Pope John Paul II during a novena, which ended June 9 — the day that the state’s assisted suicide law went into effect.
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‘A day of joy’: Nine new priests ordained to serve Los Angeles Archdiocese
On June 4, when Father Jeffrey Baker, 31, was ordained a priest with the laying on of hands, his father, Deacon Ron Baker, and mother, Patti, were at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to share in the special moment, overjoyed to have a son become a priest.
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Verbum Dei High School: Every graduate is going to college
There’s plenty to celebrate at Verbum Dei High School. For the 6th year in a row, the entire graduating class at this Jesuit prep school is headed to college. According to administrators, all of the students come from low income households and are academically behind one or two years when they arrive.
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Assisted suicide ‘crosses the line,’ says California bishop
LOS ANGELES – With California now allowing doctors to prescribe lethal medications for terminally ill patients who ask for them, “we are crossing a line,” said the archbishop of Los Angeles.
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What’s the priesthood for? Bishop Barron has some thoughts
During last week’s Jubilee for Priests in Rome, Bishop Robert Barron sat down for an interview with CNA where he discussed Pope Francis’ view on the meaning of the priesthood.
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500-YEAR-OLD RELICS OF TWO ENGLISH MARTYRS MAKE WAY TO LOS ANGELES
–Relics of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, 16th-century martyrs who exemplified courage and conviction in the face of persecution during the English Reformation, …
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‘Killing Is Not Caring’: California’s Assisted Suicide Law Goes into Effect
Today, June 9, the state of California’s assisted suicide legislation has gone into effect, giving approximately 12 percent of the population of the United States the right to request life-ending medication when in the final phase of a terminal illness. Matt Whitaker, state director of the national advocacy group Compassion and Choices, called it a “monumental day for Californians suffering from terminal diseases. Senator Bill Monning, a co-sponsor of the California bill, likewise recently called the law a “historic achievement,” a blessing that will bring relief to a “limited universe of people.”
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Bishop Conaty-Loretto High School honors graduating class
Bishop Conaty-Loretto High School recently held its 92nd commencement on campus. Judge Carol D. Codrington, associate justice with the California Court of Appeal, 4th District, was the keynote speaker.
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Cathedral Chapel school congratulates graduates
Cathedral Chapel School is celebrating its graduating class of 8th graders on Friday, June 10 with a special mass at 9:30 a.m. at Cathedral Chapel of St. Vibiana Church at 923 S. La Brea Ave., and a graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral Chapel School auditorium, 755 S. Cochran Ave.
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