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Guadalupe pilgrim images make whirlwind stop on Catalina Island
A joyous procession of prayerful hymns and enthusiastic chanting rang through the tiny residential streets of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island as the sun was about to go behind the central ridge on a late Friday afternoon. It was made up of a mix of some 100 visitors from the mainland and their newfound friends who followed behind framed images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego secured to the back of utility trucks.
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Why young people have a head start on the new synod
At a recent retreat for our parish school’s seventh- and eighth-graders, I was surprised to find the teachers asking the students about their faith and listening closely to their answers.
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Catholics in Santa Monica tackle climate change
On a recent Saturday afternoon, a group of over 50 teenagers ranging from ages 13-18 gathered in a conference hall at St. Monica Catholic Church.
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Ask God for courage to defend ‘the voiceless,’ says nuncio at LA Red Mass
Preaching at LA’s 39th annual “Red Mass,” the pope’s ambassador to the United States called on members of the legal community to defend the voiceless of society even in the face of political pressure or the threat of being “cancelled.”
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Diego’s miracle: The lives saved by one man’s battle with cancer
Diego sat up wearily in the hospital bed that had been a position of purgatory for him too many times already.
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St. John’s Seminary gala honors alumni
For the first time in two years, St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, one of America’s historic seminaries, held its annual gala Sept. 18 on the plaza of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
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On the synodal path
I am writing these words to you this week from Rome, the Eternal City.
Yesterday, on Oct. 10, I had the privilege to join the Holy Father Pope Francis as he opened the 16th Synod of Bishops with a solemn Mass in St. Peter’s Square. On Oct. 31, I will open the archdiocesan phase of the synod with a Mass I will celebrate at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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Archbishop Gomez encourages next generation of Catholic students at Thomas Aquinas College
At a 50th anniversary celebration for Thomas Aquinas College, Archbishop José H. Gomez encouraged students to “recover the truth of the imago Dei, the truth that creation and history have a divine direction and purpose.”
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Jubilee Year
IT’S a jubilee year in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It’s because we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the first California mission, Mission San Gabriel.
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Aware of angels
We live in a city named after God’s holy angels, and the Catholic Church here was established under the name of the archangel who brought glad tidings to Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ.
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