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 Loyola HS joins Catholic Lobby Day group in Sacramento
Among the 700 people from California's 12 dioceses attending Catholic Lobby Day 2008 in Sacramento April 22 was a group of students and faculty from Loyola High School. It was the first group participation for the venerable Los Angeles school --- but not the last, vowed its participants. |
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Priests' retirement fund collection set for May 17-18
The annual special collection benefiting the Retirement Fund for Archdiocesan Priests will take place at all parish Masses May 17-18. The fund helps support 149 retired archdiocesan priests during their twilight years after decades of parish ministry. |
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On child sexual abuse: Does the pope really get it? Yes
As a Catholic mother raising my children in the faith, I recoiled in horror when the sexual abuse crisis crested in the media six years ago. One question nagged me: Does the pope really get it? Does he understand what his brother bishops and priests have done and how much people are hurting? |
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 George E. Saint-Laurent, noted local theologian dies
Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Nicholas Church, Laguna Woods, for George E. Saint-Laurent, 75, an internationally known lecturer on spirituality and ethics and professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, who died April 24 after a massive stroke and a lengthy battle against cancer at a Lake Forest nursing home. |
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| Official
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| Pastoral Letter to Catholic Faithful in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Click Here |
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| Archdiocese reaches agreement with more than 500 abuse claimants. Click Here |
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| Chronology: Statements on settlement of civil lawsuits. Click Here |
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Statement on the Settlement of 45 cases . Click Here
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| Supreme
Court ruling has no affect on archdiocesan policy: Priests found
to have sexually abused minors will never be reinstated to ministry
in the church. Click Here |
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| Cardinal
Roger Mahony issues a statement about the National Review Board
study on clerical sex abuse following the June 12 Los Angeles
Times article. Click Here |
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| Cardinal
Roger Mahony, in a pastoral statement, pledges assurance of
trustworthy ministry in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Click
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles explains its policies and procedures
for dealing with allegations of sexual abuse involving church
personnel.
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brochure, "Respecting the Boundaries," has been developed by
the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, as part of its effort to educate
parishioners about the problem of sexual abuse. Click
Here |
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