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Bishops get closer look at immigration
Bishops from across the country — including the president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — gathered in the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday and Monday to see firsthand the experience of children and parents who have recently migrated to the United States.
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Keep immigrant families together, bishops plead at border
Immigration reform requires seeing the faces of immigrants, and hearing their stories, according to five U.S. bishops who have completed a two-day pastoral visit to the U.S. border with Mexico in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
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‘LAMP’, el programa que ayuda a madres inmigrantes y sus hijos en Los Ángeles
outh Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (SC LAMP) ofrece programas educativos que ayudan a empoderar a las mujeres y sus familias para que alcancen el máximo potencial, desarrollen su autoestima y fortalezcan sus relaciones.
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US Bishops: ‘No villains’ in immigration crisis
A team of 6 US Bishops spent two days visiting personnel and structures providing services to migrants entering the US on its border with Mexico. On Monday they paid a visit to Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley’s Humanitarian Respite Center. The next day they visited Casa Padre Center, a government-run resettlement center for children. There they met with approximately 250 children, toured the facility and celebrated Mass with them. Later they visited a facility where migrants are processed.
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California Catholic Conference announces new executive director
Andrew Rivas was onetime executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference and most recently served as director of the Office of Government and Community Relations for the Los Angeles archdiocese
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Gomez: ‘No more excuses’ for Congress’ failure to fix immigration system
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles called on Congress to “fix our broken immigration system” in his homily during the archdiocese’s annual “Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants” June 24.
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Catholic Church to support immigrants in pilgrimage special mass
The Archbishop of Los Angeles will lead a special “Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants” at the Los Angeles cathedral on Sunday, June 24 as nearly 100 separated migrant kids were estimated to be in Southern California .
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La Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles invita a toda la comunidad a la misa y otras actividades a favor de los inmigrantes
La causa a favor de los inmigrantes tendrá otra voz de apoyo cuando este domingo 24 de junio se celebre una misa especial en la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles.
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Faithful turn to God on quest to solve plight of undocumented immigrants
During weekly living-room prayer meetings, parishioners of St. Mary Magdalen Church in Camarillo gather to offer prayers of intercession. Recently, their petitions to God have been directed toward undocumented immigrants.
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Newport’s Our Lady Queen of Angels prepares to say farewell to retiring pastor
Monsignor Kerry Beaulieu, the “Back Bay Priest” who has served Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and beyond, is retiring after 44 years in the Roman Catholic priesthood.
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