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Padre Serra’s comeback: Statue removed from Ventura city hall returns to mission
On Feb. 29, a larger-than-life-size bronze statue of St. Junípero Serra came home to the last of the nine missions that the 18th-century Spanish missionary founded: the Mission Basilica San Buenaventura.
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Bishop O’Connell ‘still looking out for us’ one year after death, friends say
One year since the death of Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, the shock over his murder has largely worn off, the tributes have died down, and the billboards that briefly lit up Los Angeles freeways flashing his smiling face are gone.
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Obstacles or opportunities? 2024 LA Congress ponders both in a changing world
The challenge of overcoming obstacles — whether they be cultural, spiritual, or even ecclesial — shaped much of the conversation at this year’s Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
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Cardinal McElroy at LA Congress: Reactions to blessings doc reflect ‘decentralization’
The Vatican’s decision to allow varying implementations of its recent document on blessings for people in irregular and same-sex unions is part of a “great move toward decentralization” in the Catholic Church amid the ongoing Synod on Synodality, said Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego.
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‘You are incredibly loved’: Teens find support at LA Congress Youth Day 2024
As 6,500 young people made their way into the Anaheim Convention Center to kick off the Youth Day portion of the 68th Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, several attendees made up a sea of colored T-shirts to celebrate their attendance at the event. Some red, some yellow. Others had blue or purple.
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For Catholic Schools Week, Salesian High’s 1974 graduates reflect on 50 years
Mauricio Acevedo remembers the angst he and his classmates faced during their 1974 senior year at Bishop Mora Salesian High in Boyle Heights.
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Catholic Charities asks for donations to help LA area flooded by rain, mudslides
Record rainfall in Southern California led to flooding and landslides this week, particularly in the Los Angeles area, where the local branch of Catholic Charities is soliciting donations to help with relief efforts.
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World Day of the Sick: Two lives went from serving to sick, and vice versa
At the annual World Day of the Sick Mass — this year happening on Feb. 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels — thousands will be attending to gain, at the very least, a blessing and a little bit of comfort from the infirmities they face every day.
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Teens beat faculty in power wheelchair soccer at Crespi Carmelite High School
Six teens with Duchenne muscular dystrophy faced off against faculty and staff in a power wheelchair soccer game at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino on Tuesday, Jan. 30 as part of Catholic Schools Week.
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The redemption story behind the music of the LA Requiem Mass
For a generation, Catholics from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have sung, prayed, lit candles, and wept each January during the Requiem for the Unborn.
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