Angelus News | June 30, 2023 | Vol. 8 No 13

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LOCAL ■ Migrants sent by busload from Texas to Los Angeles get Catholic help More than 40 migrants unexpectedly sent by bus by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to Los Angeles’ Union Station on June 15 have found aid, relief, and support from several organizations, including Catholic agencies. Several of the migrants, including women and young children, were taken to St. Anthony Croatian Catholic Church near downtown LA and given food, medical assistance, and legal resources. Abbott and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sparred over the reasons behind the migrants being sent to LA. “It is abhorrent that an American elected official is using human beings as pawns in his cheap political games,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. “Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary city status,” Abbott said in a statement. “...Texas will continue providing this much-needed relief until [President Biden] steps up to do his job and secure the border.” ■ Pope appoints two new auxiliary bishops for San Diego Pope Francis has appointed two immigrant priests to serve as auxiliary bishops in San Diego. Father Michael Pham, vicar general of the Diocese of San Diego, and Bishops-elect Michael Pham and Felipe Pulido. | DIOCESE OF Father Felipe Pulido, SAN DIEGO a priest of the Diocese of Yakima, Washington, were introduced by Cardinal Robert McElroy June 6 at a press conference in San Diego, the same day their appointments were announced. Pham, 56, fled Vietnam as a 13-year-old refugee in 1980 and was eventually sponsored by an American family in Minnesota. Pulido, 53, was born and raised in a small town near Mexico City and as a teenager moved to Washington, where he worked in the fields with his family. The two men will be ordained bishops at a Consecration Mass in San Diego Sept. 28, the diocese announced. San Diego’s other active auxiliary bishop, Ramon Bejarano, has served in the diocese since 2020. Y A generous delivery — Msgr. Jay Cunnane, pastor of St. Cornelius Church in Long Beach, Isaac Cuevas (second from left) director of Immigration and Public Affairs for the LA Archdiocese, and other volunteers pose in front of the donations collected for the second annual Father’s Day event at Cobina Posada del Migrante Shelter in Mexicali, Mexico. Volunteers were set to deliver the personal hygiene products, toiletries, and other supplies to the shelter, which currently houses more than 150 migrant refugees. | ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES ■ Nuncio pays tribute to Bishop O’Connell at USCCB meeting Pope Francis’ ambassador to the U.S. remembered late Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell of Los Angeles as “a model of synodal service, combined with eucharistic charity” at a gathering of the country’s bishops. “Here was a shepherd who immersed himself in the reality of his sheep, who walked with them, and was with them in finding a way no matter the difficulty of their circumstances,” said Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., of O’Connell in his speech at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ spring Plenary Assembly in Orlando June 15. “Since he followed the compass that always pointed him to Christ, may he rejoice now at his destination; and may his intercession help us, his brothers who are still on the journey,” added Pierre to applause from the bishops. 8 • ANGELUS • June 30, 2023
V IN OTHER WORDS... Letters to the Editor A forgotten factor in Dodgers debacle Robert Brennan’s column “My tough breakup with the Dodgers” (June 9, AngelusNews.com) hit on a crucial aspect of the Dodgers-Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence debacle that’s been largely censored: the role of our corporate news media in promoting acceptance of gender ideology. As Brennan pointed out, just about every major local news network or outlet in LA has sponsored or organized “Pride” events this month. Their bias in favor of this movement has come across in coverage of the Dodgers’ situation, making it seem like those of us who take offense at the “sisters’ ” disrespect for our most sacred beliefs are bigots. For this father of three young kids, it’s a difficult time to be a Catholic, but even more difficult to be a Catholic parent when there’s so much pressure from the media (and at school, too) to conform. Trying to impart the truth about human sexuality as taught by the Church, while still teaching our kids to love and respect people with different beliefs, is getting harder in this climate. — Lucas Rojas, La Mirada Y Continue the conversation! To submit a letter to the editor, visit AngelusNews.com/Letters-To-The-Editor and use our online form or send an email to editorial@angelusnews.com. Please limit to 300 words. Letters may be edited for style, brevity, and clarity. A Friday night with his Sacred Heart “We never leave the car alone if the Lord is here.” ~ Father Stephen Felicichia, priest in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, in a June 13 The Pillar article on the priest and pilgrims doing a test run prior to eucharistic pilgrimages ahead of next year’s Eucharistic Congress. “Relationships build when you sweat for things.” ~ Sister Mary Beth Ingham, in a June 9 Orange County Register article on the Sisters of St. Joseph helping to build a new community providing affordable homes to seniors. “This edifice is like Noah’s Ark laid over the crypts.” ~ François Saint-James, a guide and lecturer at Mont Saint-Michel, in a June 13 Catholic World Report article on the abbey church’s 1,000th anniversary. “We didn’t expect this inheritance, and our lives are just fine without it.” ~ Martina Holzinger, relative of the late Pope Benedict XVI, in a June 13 Religion News Service article on the pope’s kin not wanting his inheritance. Families with children were among the hundreds who turned out for the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of LA’s “Reclaim Hope: A Sacred Heart Celebration” at Santa Teresita Chapel in Duarte on June 16. The event, held the same night that the LA Dodgers honored a controversial group of drag “sisters” with a history of anti-Catholic rhetoric, included Mass, dinner, adoration, and a candlelight eucharistic procession. The event invited Catholics to pray “for our priests and religious, in reparation for sins committed all around the world, and in gratitude to God for the gift of the Eucharist.” | JOHN RUEDA View more photos from this gallery at AngelusNews.com/photos-videos Do you have photos or a story from your parish that you’d like to share? Please send to editorial @angelusnews.com. “To be completely honest, she’s a far better student than me.” ~ Hunter Wetzel, UC Irvine student, in a June 13 Orange County Register article on earning his degree at the same time as his mother, Faith Couts. “It’s sad that we felt like we had to make this device.” ~ Swarnya Srivastava, a senior at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, in a June 11 Mercury News article on students creating an artificial intelligence device that detects gunshots. June 30, 2023 • ANGELUS • 9
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