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Religious Ed Congress: Still growing, a half century later
The Super Bowl wasn’t yet called the Super Bowl when it was first played on Sunday, January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It was, rather, the “AFL-NFL World Championship Game” between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs.
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Immigration Summit launches parish-based initiative to help permanent residents obtain U.S. citizenship
When Teresa Alvarado was growing up as one of 13 siblings in a small town called Jalostotitlan in Jalisco, Mexico, tragedy struck suddenly and upended their lives forever. Her father’s lifetime of work literally went up in smoke when the family’s small shoe shop — and their only source of income — was completely destroyed in a fire.
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Sister Helen Prejean’s ‘Dead-Man-Walking’ journey
“They killed a man with fire one night. They strapped him in a wooden chair and pumped electricity through his body until he was dead. His killing was a legal act because he had killed. No religious leaders protested his killing that night. But I was there. I saw it with my own eyes. What I saw set my soul on fire, a fire that burns me still. And now here is an account of how I came to be and still am.”
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Thousands celebrate God’s ‘boundless mercy’ at Religious Education Congress
ANAHEIM — At the closing Mass, before thousands who crowded the Anaheim Convention Center Arena Feb. 28, Archbishop José H. Gomez challenged Religious Education Congress attendees to be God’s mercy to everyone they meet.
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Damien defeats Crespi, advances to CIF-SS quarterfinals
Leading up to the first round of the CIF-Southern Section state playoffs, which commenced Feb. 19, arguably the most intriguing matchup on paper was the tournament’s seventh seed Damien Spartans (ranked 20th in California) hosting the 10th seeded Crespi Celts (14th), a matchup of two reigning state champions (Division 3A and 4A, respectively).
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The Church on the peripheries: Pope concludes Mexico visit within border city beset by crime
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — José Alfredo sells knickknacks in a market not far from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in downtown Ciudad Juarez, just opposite the border from El Paso, Texas.
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Recovering city sees uptick in migrants
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Central Americans like Daniel Melgar are the most common residents at the Casa del Migrante, a shelter for immigrants run by the Diocese of Juarez.
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‘I thought I was going home’
Carlos, Sr., and Adriana could see their next-to-youngest child coming on the sidewalk from “The Compound,” a locked enclosure with a tall metal fence topped by razor wire, across the green quadrangle lawn. A single guard was behind him. Except he wasn’t really walking straight up like a normal person. No, he was bent over a little, and his walk was more like a shuffle.
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Congress coordination: Behind the scenes of the R.E. Congress
By some reckoning, this will be the 60th Religious Education Congress organized by the Los Angeles Archdiocese. The annual event, known worldwide, draws upwards of 40,000 participants each year.
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Archbishop Gomez: The Pope’s focus is human suffering, not Donald Trump
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb 19, 2016 / 04:20 pm (CNA).- The controversy surrounding Pope Francis’ off-the-cuff statements on his return flight from Mexico – and Donald Trump’s response – should not overshadow the underlying reason for the papal visit, said Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles.
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