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Sisters Walk Against Human Trafficking
From the stone steps of St. Basil Church on Wilshire Boulevard, more than 100 people rallied on the morning of Jan. 11 — national Human Trafficking Awareness Day — before marching through Koreatown for nearly an hour. Many were Catholic women religious of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, whose congregations sponsor the annual consciousness-raising event with CAST (Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking).
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L.A. archbishop: Call for immigration change ‘about human dignity’
The archbishop of Los Angeles suggested on Tuesday pushing aside politics to consider the divisive immigration debate as “a life issue and a family issue.”
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Archbishop, parishioners observe fast for immigration reform
On the eve of International Migrants’ Day, Archbishop José Gomez blessed more than 200 Dolores Mission parishioners who have committed to a 24-hour fast for immigration reform.
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US migrants: ‘care for our children, build our homes, but have no rights’
The Archbishop of Los Angeles, Mgr Jose Gomez, has spoken about the need to continue to urge for a review of immigration policy in the United States. This is simply to ask for a more humane approach towards immigrants, he said: “They are always, first and foremost, human beings”.
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Archbishop Gomez: No path to U.S. citizenship would mean ‘permanent underclass’
A piecemeal approach to immigration reform may get some support from U.S. Catholic church leaders, but Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez is clear on where he’d like to see the line drawn.
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Remember ‘human faces’ of immigration, LA archbishop says
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles has said Americans have to see “the human faces of immigration”: the children and families suffering under America’s “broken” immigration policy.
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Longtime ‘Sun’ editor tapped to lead L.A. archdiocese newspapers
For nearly a decade, John David Long-García has revealed the scope and mission of the Catholic Church throughout the pages of The Catholic Sun.
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Archbishop Gomez calls for compassion, empathy in immigration debate
In two recent talks to civic organizations, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles discussed the plight of immigrants who are present in the United States illegally.
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Niños piden al Papa Francisco interceda para evitar más deportaciones
El arzobispo de Los Ángeles, José Gómez, presentó este fin de semana la visión de la Iglesia católica estadounidense sobre el tema de la inmigración en el país, y destacó las necesidades que sufren los residentes indocumentados.
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Niños de LA envían cartas al Papa
Con la esperanza de que el papa Francisco pueda interceder para que cesen las deportaciones, un grupo de niños y adolescentes de Los Ángeles decidieron enviarle cartas para contarles sobre el efecto de este problema en sus vidas.
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