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‘Mary is heart of the church,’ USCCB vice president says in homily on new feast day
Mary is a part of Christ’s “mission from the beginning,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gómez, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in his homily for the Mass celebrating the Church’s new feast, Mary, Mother of the Church, on the Monday after Pentecost.
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Church officials cautiously optimistic about DACA bills before Congress
The executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services gives credit to a group of moderate Republicans in Congress trying to revive interest in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals legislation, or DACA, by their efforts to bring not just one bill, but four, to the House floor.
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Tully Talk: Recalling fond memories of Bell-Jeff
I was covering a game last week in Burbank and decided to make an unscheduled stop.
I wanted to go by Bellarmine-Jefferson High to take one last look and, in my own way, say my good-byes.
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Take Mary into your home, LA archbishop says on new Marian feast
The Archbishop of Los Angeles encouraged Catholics to love the Blessed Virgin Mary as their mother during a Mass commemorating a newly-proclaimed Catholic feast day.
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Archbishop Gomez: It’s time for a vote on DACA legislation
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles is asking Catholics in the archdiocese to contact their representatives urging a vote on bipartisan legislation to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Foster kids need our help!
“The world would be a better place if all the mothers were like you,” Kelly Rosati’s 16-year-old daughter wrote in her card for Mother’s Day. There was a time when Rosati didn’t think such sentiments were possible. Let’s just say she’s been called things less endearing than “mom.” There have been suicide attempts. Probation. Cutting. Bulimia. Even right now, their adopted daughter isn’t at home, but temporarily living in a residential program.
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Downtown L.A. Cathedral Celebrates Blessed Virgin Feast
The new Roman Catholic feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church will be celebrated at noon Monday with a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels led by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.
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The LA Archdiocese celebrates new Virgin Mary Mass decreed by Pope Francis
More than 1,300 students from Catholic schools throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles celebrated what the church called a historic Mass on Monday to honor the Virgin Mary.
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Faithful Expected at Monday Mass to Celebrate Blessed Virgin Mary
The new Roman Catholic feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church will be celebrated at noon Monday with a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels led by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.
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How US churches are celebrating Mary, Mother of the Church
May 21 will mark the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, added to the Roman calendar this year by Pope Francis.