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LA Catholics remember Floyd, call for renewed commitment against racism
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez remembered the life of George Floyd during a live-streamed Mass in his Cathedral.
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Big Apple back in business, churches reopen, vaccine poll: News from around our 50 states
Montgomery:Multiple men incarcerated at the Federal Prison Camp have signed their names to a lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons, asking a federal judge to order officials to begin processing inmates to home confinement, compassionate release or to another prison to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The Federal Prison Camp has not reported outbreak levels of infection. In fact, only two active cases were reported among staff and none in the inmate population as of Friday. But in court filings in recent weeks, multiple men said lax protective measures and continued movement in and out of the prison by guards and inmates who work on Maxwell Air Force Base is putting the prison population at increased risk. Nearly 80 federal prisoners across the country have died from COVID-19 complications, according to the most recent data release by the Bureau of Prisons, and the pandemic has prompted multiple lawsuits from prisoners and their supporters. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a federal judge’s order to begin removing 800 inmates in an Ohio prison, according to a NBC News report. The Supreme Court order will allow the federal government additional time to challenge the federal order. The American Civil Liberties Union said nine prisoners have died and at least 20% of the population has been infected by the coronavirus at Elkton Federal Correctional Institution in LIsbon, Ohio.
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Grad Standout: Immaculate Heart High School graduate celebrates everyday moments amid pandemic
Immaculate Heart High School’s Maya Marostica is a student-athlete who has gained a new perspective on life after visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. She says it made her embrace everyday moments, even as her senior year came to an abrupt end due to the coronavirus crisis.
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How one Catholic priest responded to the ’92 LA riots
In the spring of 1992, then-Father David O’Connell was comfortable in parish life in south LA. The Irish-born priest had served the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for more than a decade by then, and he was familiar with the conflicts and tensions that existed in the area.
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10 organizaciones que distribuirán alimentos gratis en el condado de Los Ángeles
La solidaridad ha permitido que las familias de bajos recursos salgan a flote en medio de la pandemia; y eso es lo que estarán haciendo 10 diferentes organizaciones con eventos de distribución de comida en diferentes puntos del condado de Los Ángeles de forma gratuita.
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US bishops condemn killing of George Floyd, deplore violence and destruction
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed the US bishops’ sentiments in a statement on Sunday following the death of George Floyd on May 25 in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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LA religious leaders call for compassion in fighting racial prejudice
The Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders (LACRL) is calling on Angelenos to join “the struggle to find compassionate responses to injustice” in the wake of country-wide protests after the death of George Floyd.
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George Floyd and us
The death of George Floyd last week was senseless and brutal and cries out to heaven for justice.
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George Floyd y nosotros
La muerte de George Floyd fue un hecho sin sentido y brutal, un pecado que clama al cielo pidiendo justicia.
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Op-Ed: How religious leaders are preaching about racism and police brutality amid unrest
As demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, local religious leaders have tried to help congregants understand the unfolding crisis. What follows are edited excerpts from some of their sermons and speeches.
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