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Gomez: As Rev. King urged, meet forces of hate, ignorance ‘with power of love’

In the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., "we must meet the forces of hate and ignorance with the power of love," the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement for the Jan. 18 federal observance of the slain civil rights leader's birthday.
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USCCB president to bishops: Take Gospel to troubled people during pandemic

Admitting that people's faith in God "has been shaken" by the pandemic and related economic turmoil, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez called on his fellow bishops to take the news of the Resurrection and the triumph of life over death directly to people to help them navigate the crises.
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USCCB president apologizes to clergy abuse victims as report is released

Calling a Vatican report on its investigation into its knowledge of sexual improprieties of Theodore McCarrick while a clergyman, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said the findings mark "another tragic chapter in the church's long struggle to confront the crimes of sexual abuse by clergy."
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Gomez: Nation’s leaders must now ‘come together’ with election of new president

With Joe Biden now elected as the nation's 46th president, it is "time for our leaders to come together in a spirit of national unity," said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Gomez: Throughout Church’s history, Mary has brought ‘a message of hope’

Mary's role in history has been as "a mother bearing a message of hope," from the first days of the Church "when the mother of Jesus was at the center of the apostles' community in Jerusalem," said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.
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Pandemic stimulus bill excludes Catholic school students, their families

The chairman of the U.S. bishops' education committee said Oct. 1 "it is unconscionable" the HEROES Act stimulus bill proposed in the House is excluding Catholic school students and their families.
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Trump, Congress urged to make ‘access to quality education’ a priority

Two U.S. cardinals and the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have an urgent message for President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress: The next emergency stimulus package must help tuition-paying families keep their Catholic and other nonpublic schools open this fall.
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Pope calls USCCB president to express solidarity, support amid turmoil in U.S.

Pope Francis used his June 3 audience and a phone call with the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to express his solidarity and support following days of demonstrations protesting the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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Gomez: Killing of Floyd is a ‘sin that cries out to heaven for justice’

The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis "was senseless and brutal, a sin that cries out to heaven for justice," and protests taking place nationwide "reflect the justified frustration and anger" of millions of Americans who today suffer because of racism, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Justice Dept. says California’s pandemic plan should open churches sooner

The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging the "unequal treatment of faith communities" in California's coronavirus reopening plan, warning that continued restrictions on worship services threaten believers' civil rights to practice their religion.
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USCCB president urges nation to overcome racism that still clouds hearts

While the United States has "come a long way" in addressing racism and injustice, much more remains to be accomplished to achieve the dream of "the beloved community" envisioned by the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said.
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Archbishop urges L.A. Catholics to join him in prayer for shooting victims

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez asked Catholics of the archdiocese to pray with him for the victims of the Nov. 14 shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
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