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L.A. rabbi speaks at Catholic university in San Antonio

Rabbi Mark Diamond, Los Angeles regional director for the American Jewish Committee.

Catholics told to be 'fearless leaders'

In dealing with several serious issues confronting the church and society today, "the only question is how you respond, not whether you should," said Helen Alvare at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held May 9 in Washington.

A parish and people with very deep roots

As she looks into the second grade classroom at St. Ignatius of Loyola School, Mission San Jose Dominican Sister Mara Anne Palomares smiles.

More movies in May for Catholic families

This month has been a bonanza of classic movies to stir discussion in Christian belief and ethics among Catholic families, courtesy of the Turner Classic Movie Network. Last week saw films depicting saints and sinners.

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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 May: That administrators of justice may act always with integrity and right conscience; That seminaries, especially those of mission churches, may form pastors after the Heart of Christ, fully dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel.

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