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L.A. priests unabashed about getting vaccine
The clergy of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are far from immune to the challenges of securing coronavirus vaccines these days.
Msgr. John Moretta of Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights can tell his story now with some sense of humor.
The 79-year-old laughs when he tells people that he was “hoping that when I went in, someone would ask for my ID to see if I could prove I was over 65 … but no one did.”
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COVID vaccines part of LA priests’ front-line pandemic work
The clergy of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (ADLA) are far from immune to the challenges of securing coronavirus vaccines these days.
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L.A.’s virtual congress offers participants ‘hope, vision’ for the future
For Jesus’ parents, “answering God’s call meant their whole lives were turned upside down,” not unlike the events of the past year, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Feb. 21 at the close of the all-virtual 2021 Religious Education Congress.
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God’s will for us this Lent
Lent is a good time to remember what we are here for, and to once again center our lives on our purpose.
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In Boyle Heights, two schools with different pulses
Two Catholic elementary schools separated by less than two miles in Boyle Heights illustrate how in the times of COVID-19, no two schools are the same.
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Los Angeles is struggling with vaccine distribution equity. Can the Catholic Church help?
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Jan. 25 that the next tiers in the coronavirus vaccine distribution would no longer target essential workers or other at-risk groups, Los Angeles County reported that the death toll among Latinos—55 percent of whom work in front-line essential worker positions—has gone up 1,000 percent since November.
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Supreme Courts lifts California ban on indoor church services
Churches in California can open for indoor services after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a state ban on indoor worship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Churches in LA’s working-class neighborhoods urge: ‘bring the vaccine to the people’
For the past two months, the Rev. Austin Doran has found himself hosting outdoor Mass for at least one COVID-19 funeral every week at St. Anthony Catholic Church in the city of San Gabriel, where many of his congregants are Spanish-speaking and working-class Latinos.
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Pope Francis to deliver message at virtual LA Congress
Pope Francis will speak to participants at this year’s Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (REC), taking place virtually Feb. 18-21, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Tuesday.
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Holiness, God’s answer to hate
For much of this past year, America has been confronting the sad reality that racist thinking and practices remain all too common in our society. Millions of our brothers and sisters still experience indignity and are denied opportunity only because of their race.
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