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30,000 Americans to enter Church at Easter Vigil
More than 30,000 people will be welcomed into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil ceremonies across the US this year. The Los Angeles archdiocese, the country’s largest, will welcome nearly 3,000 new members; the Galveston-Houston archdiocese, more than 2,000.
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Pope Francis urges youths not to be silent — Palm Sunday
Pope Francis is telling young people to keep on shouting and not let people silence them.
“Dear young people, the joy that Jesus awakens in you is a source of anger and irritation to some, since a joyful young person is hard to manipulate”, he said.
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Palm Sunday Mass celebrated by LA’s Catholic archbishop
José H. Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles, celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
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Southland Christians to Celebrate Palm Sunday
Holy Week begins Sunday with Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
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Olvera Sweet: Blessing of the Animals
If it is the day before Easter, and you’re in Los Angeles, and you’re standing near some of the city’s very oldest buildings, and it is the early afternoon, the chance that you’ll see a horse draped with paper flowers, or a Pug wearing a bonnet, or a guinea pig inside a decorated enclosure (being carried by a cute tot), is incredibly high.
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Palm Sunday celebrated across Southland, around the world
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Christians around the world are celebrating Palm Sunday, and services are underway at churches in the Southland.
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Salvadoran cardinal sees upcoming Romero canonization as ‘gift from God’
El Salvador’s Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez called the upcoming canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero a “gift from God” and is optimistic it can bring hope to his troubled homeland and to the Catholic Church.
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Southland Christians Begin Holy Week With Palm Sunday Today
Holy Week begins Sunday with Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
Palm Sunday Masses at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles will be celebrated at 10 a.m. by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez and at 1 p.m. in Spanish by Rev. David Gallardo.