A 57-year-old man who was prosecuted in a separate arson case was charged today with setting a four-alarm that caused extensive damage to the historic San Gabriel Mission last July 11.
Citing “recent judicial rulings” namely a weekend order by the U.S. Supreme Court California public health officials uncapped Covid limits on churches, mosques and synagogues.
In this April 10, 2020 file photo, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is seen empty without its congregation on Holy Friday, as Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, second from left, leads the nation’s Catholics in praying during a National Moment of Prayer in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, Pool)
(CN) Following a handful of Supreme Court decisions in favor of congregants challenging California’s Covid-19 restrictions on in-person services at places of worship, state public health officials this week lifted capacity limits from its reopening scheme.
By City News Service
Apr 4, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic will limit Easter events in Los Angeles County for a second consecutive year but unlike last year, there will be opportunities today to celebrate Jesus resurrection in person.
While many sunrise and outdoor services have been canceled, outdoor services conducted by Purpose Church will be held at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Grandstand at Fairplex in Pomona. A nursery will be open for children through 3 years old. A concert, crafts, games a bible story and held for children from 4 years old through fourth grade.
By City News Service
Apr 4, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic will limit Easter events in Los Angeles County for a second consecutive year but unlike last year, there will be opportunities today to celebrate Jesus resurrection in person.
While many sunrise and outdoor services have been canceled, outdoor services conducted by Purpose Church will be held at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Grandstand at Fairplex in Pomona. A nursery will be open for children through 3 years old. A concert, crafts, games a bible story and held for children from 4 years old through fourth grade.
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A plaque at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California
“This is what they have done,” Robert Busch writes with weary outrage as he forwards me a photograph of a group of nuns, one of them wearing a “Stop the Steal” button, cheerfully joining President Trump’s January 6 rally in Washington, D.C. Busch, who lives in Redwood City, California, recently formed a study group on economic justice within the Thomas Merton Center, which collaborates with members of the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Palo Alto. Like most of his fellow study group members, he calls himself a “Francis Catholic,” in deference to Pope Francis. He has more of a natural affinity with the “Nuns on the Bus” a Catholic group that advocates for a range of social justice issues than with the “Stop the Steal” sisters. He usually has at the tip of his