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LA’s local synodal process aims to draw ‘as many voices as possible’
In early October, Pope Francis officially launched a two-year process of listening and discernment that calls for the participation of every one of the world’s 3,000-plus Catholic dioceses under the title, “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission.”
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Jersey Vargas pide al papa Francisco que interceda por los inmigrantes en su reunión con Biden
El miércoles la joven Jersey Vargas llegó a la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles en el centro de la ciudad, acompañada de la Coalición Católicos pro-Inmigración para orar y entregar una carta a los funcionarios de la iglesia con la esperanza de que se la hagan llegar al Santo Pontífice.
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Strengthen what remains
There is a spiritual awakening going on in America, underneath all the controversy of our politics, the continued clouds of the pandemic, all the uncertainty about where our country is heading.
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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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