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  • St. John Bosco’s Aaron Pico driven by desire to succeed
    February 10, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    WHITTIER >> Thirteen years ago arguably the best high school wrestler in the nation was a 4-year-old barging into his neighbor’s home asking if he could watch him, a boxer, train. Nine years later he’s 13, standing in an MMA cage and looking at his 17-year-old opponent. He knocks him out with a left hook in the second round.

    Three years later the boy is a freshman at St. John Bosco, with a referee declaring him a California state champion wrestler.

  • More Than 100 Couples Renew Vows During World Marriage Day
    February 9, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    More than 100 married couples renewed their vows today at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels for World Marriage Day. Joy Benedict reports.

  • Pareja casada por 75 años revela secretos para matrimonio feliz
    February 9, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    Dentro de la Celebración del Día mundial del matrimonio, un centenar de parejas que cumplieron 25 años o más de casados fueron homenajeadas en la Catedral de Los Ángeles

  • Los integrantes de la familia Pallán, (de izq. a dcha.) Pedro, Miguel, Yvonne y Ruby Davido el 9 de febrero de 2014, en la Catedral Nuestra …
    February 9, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    Los integrantes de la familia Pallán, (de izq. a dcha.) Pedro, Miguel, Yvonne y Ruby Davido el 9 de febrero de 2014, en la Catedral Nuestra …

  • Pareja casada por 75 años revela secretos para matrimonio feliz
    February 9, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    Dentro de la Celebración del Día mundial del matrimonio, un centenar de parejas que cumplieron 25 años o más de casados fueron homenajeadas en la Catedral de Los Ángeles

  • Sliding into poverty
    February 7, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    We were immigrants from Mexico, my wife and I, but we both worked hard and became citizens of this country. And I’m very grateful for what this country has given me. They’re given me a chance to have a family, my son and daughter were born here. We felt blessed that we had jobs and were able to provide for our family. And we extended our hands to other people so that they could do the same.

  • Consecrated lay life: A special way to serve God
    January 31, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    While communities whose members observe a “consecrated life” include religious and lay, the goal of each is the same: to follow and serve God by serving God’s people — prayerfully and joyfully.

    “There are many different ways one can consecrate one’s life to God,” says Rossana Goni, superior of the Marian Community of Reconciliation (or Fraternas), a worldwide community of lay women who came to Los Angeles three years ago to expand their apostolate.

  • App for LIFE: A unifying tool for prayer and action
    January 31, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    Health leaders, parents and their infants gathered on the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade to witness Archbishop José Gomez launch the App for LIFE, a mobile App designed to unite the pro-life community into an online team for prayer and action.

  • L.A. Immigrant Children Implore Pope Francis to Help Detained Parents
    January 30, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    Immigrant children in California have written heartfelt letters to Pope Francis seeking his help and his prayers for their parents who have been deported or arrested.

  • Catholic principles and American renewal
    January 30, 2014  |  In The News  |  

    This is the time of year when our political leaders give their assessments about where we stand or the “state of things.” Last week, Governor Brown delivered his “state of the state” report for California. And as I write, President Obama is preparing to deliver his State of the Union address.