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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Pablo Kay |Ronald Rolheiser |Kimmy Chacon
Archbishop José H. Gomez led prayers for those “hurting” in the wake of ongoing federal immigration sweeps and clashes between protestors and law enforcement in Los Angeles and other cities at a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Tuesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Ronald Rolheiser |Kimmy Chacon
The main character in T.S. Eliot’s play “Murder in the Cathedral” is Thomas Becket, a bishop, who from every outward appearance is a saint. He is scrupulously honest, generous to a fault, and a defender of the Faith who dies as a martyr. Yet, at a certain point in his life, prior to his martyrdom, he recognized that he might not be distinguishing between temptation and grace.
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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kimmy Chacon |Carol Glatz |Cindy Wooden
Several Los Angeles-area religious leaders, including Archbishop José H. Gomez, offered words of encouragement at an interfaith vigil in downtown LA Tuesday evening amid protests over federal immigration sweeps. “Our country was founded on the belief that every man and woman is created with human dignity and human rights…and this beautiful belief is what makes America great,” Archbishop Gomez told the thousands gathered at Grand Park.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Justin Mclellan |Mike Cisneros |Theresa Cisneros |Kimmy Chacon
Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the Catholic Church's "missionary outreach is most desperately needed," Pope Leo XIV said in his first homily as leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Mike Cisneros |Theresa Cisneros |Kimmy Chacon |Justin Mclellan
When Laura Gonzalez watched as newly elected Pope Leo XIV spoke to the crowd at St. Peter’s Square in Rome — and to the rest of the world — she screamed with joy. She knew him. Gonzalez, a parishioner at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Winnetka, is from Peru. More specifically, she’s from Chiclayo, Peru, the same place where Pope Leo — then known as Father Robert Prevost — was appointed bishop by Pope Francis in late 2014.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kimmy Chacon |Junno Arocho Esteves
For Carlos Farfan, spending 24 hours with the Lord began at 3:30 a.m. on March 28 with morning prayer at his home. By 8 a.m., he arrived at St. Rose of Lima Church in Maywood, where he attended daily Mass and was first in line to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. After confession, Farfan stayed to pray for his family and planned to return with his wife later in the afternoon. “I feel so thankful to God for these moments,” he said.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Cindy Wooden |Kimmy Chacon
A national system of Catholic high schools, launched to meet the needs of underserved families, is honoring alumni who have become leaders in an array of industries -- and in their communities. The Cristo Rey Network announced its second cohort of "40 Under 40" honorees March 10, highlighting graduates who are shaping the fields of law, banking, finance, education, health care, media, science, technology and other sectors.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Tyler Arnold |Cindy Wooden |Kimmy Chacon
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors who have gender dysphoria or same-sex attraction and will consider religious freedom and free speech concerns about the prohibition.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Kimmy Chacon |Justin Mclellan |Dale Gavlak
When Miguel and his wife, Esperanza, think about their situation, their first thought is their 14-year-old child. The couple has lived in the Los Angeles area without legal status for more than 20 years, working, raising a family, and practicing their Catholic faith at a West LA parish. They have adult children, too, but if something were to happen to them, who would take care of their 14-year-old?
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Ronald Rolheiser |Ann Rodgers |Mike Cisneros |Kimmy Chacon
What love preserves: A 60-year marriage begins a new chapter after the Eaton Fire Vol. 10 | No. 4 | February 21, 2025 On the cover: Ray and Mary Jo Spano look through a box of love letters from the early 1960s that were saved before their Altadena home burned in the Eaton Fire. Starting on Page 10, Ann Rodgers tells the story of a 60-year marriage built to endure the toughest of trials.
