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Serra High gets another experiment launched into outer space
Students at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena held a viewing party on March 21 to watch another of their experiments launched to the International Space Station.
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Cardinal: El Salvador is not free, despite vast security improvements
At the age of 81, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez remains the best-known champion of the legacy of his friend and mentor St. Óscar Romero, who was killed 44 years ago during El Salvador’s civil war and today is considered an icon of the Catholic Church’s social justice advocacy.
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For these SoCal Passion plays, it’s more than just showing Christ’s death
Christian Escobar has been involved, in one form or another, with the annual Passion play at Christ the King Church in Hollywood since he was 4.
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LA archdiocese asks parishes to hold special collection for Holy Land relief
Parishes in the LA Archdiocese are being asked to hold an emergency second collection to help Christians in the Holy Land affected by the ongoing war in Gaza.
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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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