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Advocates warn human trafficking is ‘more than a Super Bowl issue’
For the first time in 30 years, the NFL Super Bowl has arrived in Los Angeles — and with it, a fair share of the global media hype that the annual sporting event is known for.
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La NFL llega a escuela de Boyle Heights para impulsar el deporte en generaciones más jóvenes
Los estudiantes y el personal de la escuela Bishop Mora Salesian High School, en Boyle Heights, cuentan los días para que este sábado 12 de febrero su escuela sea la anfitriona del Play Football Festival 2022, un evento familiar comunitario previo al Super Bowl LVI 2022.
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The prayers of others
Some days I am overcome with gratitude, when I think of all the people who are praying for me.
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Action required: LA archdiocese’s task force on racism gets to work
On the morning of Jan. 24, in the hall of St. Patrick Church in South LA — one of the oldest in Los Angeles — 13 people gathered under conditions familiar to any parish: pastries, nametags, small talk, and polite laughter, and when all sit down in the comfortable chairs arranged in a large square, the first thing they do is sing a hymn.
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On Good Friday, Sony Pictures Will Tell the True Story of a Catholic Priest
Sony Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights to a faith-based film about a Catholic priest. Father Stu — which is slated for release in theaters on Good Friday, April 15 — recounts the inspiring true story of a boxer-turned-priest, and stars Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg as Father Stuart Long. The film also stars Academy Award-winner Mel Gibson, whose directorial accomplishments include the highest-grossing Christian film of all time, The Passion of the Christ.
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All urged to pray, work for ‘a post-Roe America’ that cherishes human life
If Roe falls, “my hope is that we will come together and seize this opportunity to create a post-Roe America where human life is cherished and cared for, and where the family is recognized as the true foundation of a just and prosperous society,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.
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Speakers stress message of hope at OneLife LA’s in-person return
If this year’s OneLife LA event, themed “Forward in Hope!,” was going for hope, the day delivered.
For several hours on Saturday, Jan. 22 in downtown Los Angeles, the word seemed to hang in the air. It was on the signs, the banners, and the words spoken by the lineup of speakers — some of whom acknowledged the real possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision later this year.
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Padre Tío Tilo: Rutilio Grande’s niece talks about her childhood with her martyred uncle
Ana Gladys Guzmán Grande was only 7 when she decided to confront Rutilio Grande, S.J.
“I want you to tell me, are you my uncle or are you a priest?” the young Gladys asked him one afternoon in her grandmother’s house.
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Pro-Lifers Prep for West Coast Walk for Life and OneLife LA to Champion the Unborn
Both pro-life events taking place in California are scheduled for this weekend.
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As Omicron Surges, Catholic Schools Meet the Challenge
As public-school teachers in places like Chicago and New York balked at returning to the classroom amid the Omicron variant surge, Catholic schools quietly continued to do what earned them high praise — and often, enrollment increases — earlier in the pandemic.
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