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Día de los Muertos creates tension in the Catholic community
Third graders from ten Catholic elementary schools in L.A. County observed Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) Tuesday ahead of the holiday’s November 1 and 2 festivities. However, not all Catholics accept the holiday’s traditions and religious ties.
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Pintor mexicano “resucita” alegres difuntos en su taller automotriz
Convencido de que la muerte “es bonita” y no debemos tenerle “miedo”, el pintor mexicano Jesús Molina se inspira en “difuntos fiesteros” para “resucitarlos” con materiales reciclados en su taller automotriz.
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¿En dónde celebrar gratis el Día de los Muertos con altares y catrinas?
En celebración al Día de Muertos, el primero y dos de noviembre, varias ciudades y cementerios del Sur de California cobran vida entre flores de cempasúchil, veladoras y bailables para honrar a los difuntos.
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Loyola welcomes prospective students at open house
Loyola High School, the oldest continually operated educational institution in Southern California, is holding an open house on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Inspire young people to be ‘everyday saints,’ archbishop says
To “capture the imagination” of young people and inspire them, church leaders should offer them the example of modern saints and call young people to be “everyday saints, each in his or her own way,” said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
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CIF polls: Mater Dei tops in final girls’ VB poll
With girls’ volleyball playoff action beginning this week, Mater Dei claimed the top spot in the final regular season CIF-Southern Section Division 1 poll released Oct. 13.
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‘We need to show young people what holiness looks like’ Gomez tells synod
Young people should look to the “saints of our times,” as models of holiness, Archbishop Jose Gomez told the Synod of Bishops on Tuesday. The Archbishop of Los Angeles highlighted the example of the seven recently canonized saints in his speech to the assembly.
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Masses, celebrations in U.S. mark canonization of St. Romero
With a Mass, processions and fellowship, about 800 people, mostly immigrants, gathered at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church in Washington Oct. 14 to celebrate the canonization of St. Oscar Romero.
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LA Salvadorans celebrate Archbishop Oscar Romero’s rise to sainthood
Nearly four decades after Archbishop Oscar Romero was fatally shot over his political views during mass in El Salvador, Pope Francis canonized the archbishop Sunday at Vatican City.
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LA’s Salvadoran Americans Celebrate St. Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero has been the informal patron saint of El Salvador since he was murdered by a right-wing death squad while saying mass in 1980 — but now it’s official.
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