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St. Paul the Apostle breaks ground on major school project

Hundreds of parishioners and students of St. Paul the Apostle Church and School in Westwood gathered the morning of June 5 for a long-anticipated celebration.

Papal trip to Brazil: Critical for younger generations

Look for strong turnout, robust media interest and unscripted moments when Jorge Mario Bergoglio makes his first trip abroad as Pope Francis when he arrives in Brazil in late July, according to a Brazilian writer and academic.

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Bishops urge Congress to fix health law flaws after high court ruling

Written by NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN 06 July 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court's June 28 decision upholding the health reform law makes it even more urgent for Congress to act to fix the law's "fundamental flaws" on abortion funding, conscience protection and immigrants' access to health care, the U.S. bishops said.

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‘I was blind before I became blind’

Written by Robert Dellinger 06 July 2012

On Oct. 8, 1994, Alejandro Carpio was shot three times in the head, neck and arm at close range — close enough he could almost kiss the barrel of his rival gang member’s handgun — in the drive-thru lane of a Carl’s Jr. on San Gabriel Boulevard in Rosemead.

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Fortnight: ‘It’s about God and our relationship with God’

Written by Paula Doyle 29 June 2012

In solidarity with U.S. Catholics participating in prayers and public witness during the “Fortnight for Freedom” leading up to next week’s Independence Day, Archbishop José Gomez urged congregants last Sunday to rededicate themselves to the nation’s founding freedoms.

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Immigration ruling reaction: Encouraged and distressed

Written by MARK PATTISON 29 June 2012

In what one observer called "the judicial equivalent of white smoke," immigration advocates were largely happy with the June 25 Supreme Court ruling that struck down three key provisions of Arizona's own immigration law.

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Court bars mandatory life without parole for youths

Written by BY NANCY FRAZIER O’BRIEN 29 June 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 25 that mandatory life sentences without possibility of parole for crimes committed by juveniles are an unconstitutional violation of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.

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