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Inside the Catholic operation to combat LA’s swelling ... - Angelus
May 13, 2021 · Throughout the pandemic, Catholic Charities stepped up its homeless prevention, including rental and utility bill assistance, in addition to apartments for aged-out foster adults. Meanwhile, Catholics flooded the agency with $4 million in …
A hushed history of Catholic confessions - Angelus
May 15, 2019 · The Church has observed the “seal of the confessional” — the privacy and secrecy between confessor and penitent — since the time of the Fathers.The earliest Christian documents suggest that confession was a public event, at least for public sins. When sinners caused scandal, the damage was social, and so the Church prescribed a social.
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The history of the Assumption and why it's a Holy Day of
On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into Heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively new one, the history of the holiday – and the mystery behind it – has its roots in the earliest centuries of Christian belief.
Saint of the day: Guardian Angels
October 2 is the feast day of Guardian Angels. The concept of guardian angels is expressed in the Old and New Testaments, and Jesus makes their existence explicitly clear in the Gospel of Matthew, when he says, “See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father ...
Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA Archdiocese
Jul 18, 2023 · Pope Francis today appointed four local priests as new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The bishops-elect are: Msgr. Albert Bahhuth, 66, pastor of Holy Family Church in South Pasadena; Father Matthew Elshoff, OFM, Cap., 67, pastor of St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church in the Watts area of South Los Angeles; Father Brian Nunes, 58, the LA Archdiocese’s vicar general and ...
Michael the Archangel is salvation history’s oldest friend
Mike Aquilina. Sep 19, 2024 • 4 Min Read. Inside the Church of the Archangel Michael, a Greek Orthodox church in Pedoulas, Cyprus. (Shutterstock) Catholics today know St. Michael the Archangel primarily from one short prayer, which some parishes recite at the end of Mass. For our spiritual ancestors, however, Michael loomed larger.
OC’s new Mary shrine recognizes Vietnamese Catholics ... - Angelus
Jul 23, 2021 · OC’s new Mary shrine recognizes Vietnamese Catholics’ special role. A late Saturday afternoon sunbeam danced in geometric patterns up and down the cobalt blue wind-furled veil, soon to be lowered to reveal Christ Cathedral Church in Garden Grove’s new next-door neighbor: a 12 foot statue of Our Lady of La Vang, the subject of veneration ...
The truth behind the Shroud of Turin AI Jesus face - Angelus
Aug 23, 2024 · The image was generated by British tabloid “The Daily Express” using popular generative AI tool Midjourney as part of a story on new evidence that the Shroud, which many Catholics believe was the burial cloth of Jesus, dates back 2,000 years ago to the time of Christ. Perhaps most striking is that the new image supposedly drawn from the ...