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Ash Wednesday ushers in Lent for Southern California Christians
Christians throughout the Southland will observe Ash Wednesday today, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seeking spiritual renewal through prayer, discipline and good works.
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Archbishop Gomez: We Must Become Saints for Our Times
God made men and women for greatness as saints, and the times now call each man and woman to embrace the call to holiness, stated the archbishop of Los Angeles.
In his second pastoral letter, “For Greater Things You Were Born,” Archbishop José Gomez issued a clarion call for Christians to live out the Christian mission in their homes, communities, parishes, schools and ministries in the face of “a deepening secularism and ‘anti-humanistic’ spirit in American life.”
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ RELEASES NEW PASTORAL LETTER
“For Greater Things You Were Born” is a Reflection on the Meaning of Life in God’s Plan and the Challenges Christians Face in Living Their …
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L.A. Catholic Leaders Resist Trump Immigration Crackdowns
Toward the end of a special Youth Day service at the Anaheim Convention Center last Thursday, Los Angeles Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez paused to address the several thousand Catholic celebrants in the arena.
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Trump needs to stop terrifying immigrant families and consider the real cost of mass deportations
Jersey Vargas, 13, was just starting a long night of homework Wednesday when I asked how school was going.
“Everything’s fine. Straight A’s,” said the Panorama City seventh-grader, who attends a magnet school and wants to go to Harvard or Yale one day. “But math is getting more difficult.”
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¿Cómo se puede prevenir la tragedia del tráfico de menores?
En algunos estados de la Unión Americana se han establecido lineamientos para ayudar a restaurar la tragedia provocada en las niñas y los niños que han sido usados en el tráfico sexual, mientras que los medios católicos de ese país –como ha sido recientemente *Our Sunday Visitor*—van mucho más allá y centran su atención en la prevención.
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Catholics’ largest annual meeting comes to Anaheim to ’embrace trust’
The four-day 2017 Religious Education Congress — billed by organizers as the nation’s largest annual gathering of Catholics — will begin Thursday at the Anaheim Convention Center.
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CELEBRAN LA BELLEZA Y DIGNIDAD DE CADA VIDA HUMANA EN ONELIFE LA
El sábado 21 de enero fue un día espléndido y radiante. En Exposition Park de Los Ángeles, miles de católicos oraron juntos para que la humanidad “Elija el Amor” y celebraron la belleza de la dignidad de cada vida humana.
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40,000 Catholic educators gathering in Anaheim
More than 40,000 people are expected to congregate at the Anaheim Convention Center Thursday through Sunday for the Religious Education Conference, the largest annual gathering of Catholics in the United States.
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LAPD Valley chief urges calm amid deportation fears
Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Robert Green said he and his team are working to “promote calm” amid concerns in the San Fernando Valley over the possibility of mass deportations of immigrants.