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Archdiocese to host Catholic teen conference at UCLA
The fourth annual “City of Saints” conference will kick off with Mass and outdoor procession led by Archbishop Gomez, and feature a roster of national and international speakers and a sacred space to learn prayer paths.
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STATEMENT FROM ARCHBISOP JOSÉ H. GOMEZ REGARDING CHANGES TO THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE DEATH PENALTY
For some years now, I have expressed my concern that the death penalty is both cruel and unnecessary and I have called for its abolition. …
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School to replace Bell-Jeff High begins to take shape
As the sun sets on Bellarmine-Jefferson High School after a 74-year run in Burbank, a new institution is rising to take its place, connecting with alumni and forging its own future.
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The Church is young
The Church in Los Angeles is young and growing.
Each year in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles we baptize about 60,000 infants — far more than any other diocese in the country. -
The fruit of love
During this year’s pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as I was praying before the sacred tilma, my eyes fell on the dark ribbon tied just beneath her hands, which are folded in prayer.
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‘We want to be with our mother’
On July 7, Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe for 140 pilgrims from the Los Angeles Archdiocese and thousands more who were present to venerate the tilma (or cloak) of St. Juan Diego, which holds the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that appeared in 1531. He delivered his homily in Spanish and English. An English translation follows, and below that is his full homily in Spanish and English.
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Notes from McAllen, Texas
I am writing from McAllen, Texas, where I have joined some of my brother bishops to pray and try to bring hope to the hundreds of undocumented children being detained here and in nearby Brownsville.
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No more ‘mañanas’
America has always been exceptional in the family of nations because from the beginning, this was not a nation defined by territory or by a specific race or people.
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Love is the measure
The law is a teacher and so is the way we enforce our laws.
So what lessons are we teaching at our nation’s southern border? The pictures are dramatic and they fill you with sadness and anger. -
Statement on House leaders’ decision not to permit debate on USA Act
For weeks now, members of the House of Representatives have been working hard to secure a vote on bipartisan compromise legislation that would provide permanent protections for “Dreamers,” the nearly 2 million young people who were brought to this country as small children by undocumented parents or family members.
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