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Ordination update: 15 new deacons for Los Angeles

 Photo: Victor Aleman From Angelus, the online edition of The Tidings: In the days leading up to his ordination to the permanent diaconate, Ryan Adams was reflecting on his relationship with the Holy...

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Exonerated: after 10 years, priest cleared of sex abuse allegations, restored...

From AP:  A high-ranking Roman Catholic official has been exonerated of clergy sex abuse allegations by a Vatican tribunal after a decade of investigation and is once more considered a priest in good...

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Redemption: Sister Mary Sean’s remarkable ministry to ex-convicts

  Photo: Tony Avelar/Christian Science Monitor From the Christian Science Monitor:  In the soft light of early evening, the smell of curried chilies wafts through the screen door of this two-story,...

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Shock: man caught on tape vandalizing LA Catholic church

From CBS in Los Angeles: Los Angeles police are looking for a man who vandalized a Catholic church in North Hollywood. Authorities said the suspect, who was caught on security camera, pushed over...

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“Remember you are dust…”

The scene this morning at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

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Shock: nun in legal battle with Katy Perry dies while in court

The sad details:  An ugly legal battle between one of world’s most popular artists and a group of nuns over a real estate dead turned tragic when one of the sisters involved died in court Friday. CBS...

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Ordination update: 16 new deacons for Los Angeles

From Angelus:  Archbishop José H. Gomez ordained 16 new permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, June 9....

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Vandal breaks into landmark Los Angeles church where Cardinal Mahony now...

From The Los Angeles Times:  The interior of one of Los Angeles’ best known Catholic churches was badly damaged by a vandal who broke into the building Wednesday morning and caused more than $100,000...

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For 13 years, they knew: why are we only hearing the story of this L.A....

The Los Angeles Times has the details:  The Archdiocese of Los Angeles knew for at least 13 years that one of its bishops had been accused of sexual abuse at a parish but did not inform the public...

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Ordination Update: 11 New Deacons for Los Angeles

Once again, as is the custom there, Los Angeles welcomes deacons and their wives (though it seems to have moved away from the practice of introducing them as “deacon couples.”) From Angelus:  On...

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