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Monday, August 5, 2019

Archbishop Gomez asks faithful to pray for peace after three mass shootings

At the beginning of the Saturday night vigil Mass at the annual City of Saints youth rally held on the UCLA campus, Archbishop Gomez asked participants to pray for peace and offered the Mass intention for the victims of the shootings in El Paso and in Gilroy, California. Just hours later, at least nine people were killed and at least 27 injured early Sunday morning in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio. Archbishop Gomez released a special prayer for peace in light of the three shootings. Read more from Angelus News

Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.

"I am spiritually close to the victims of the episodes of violence that these days have bloodied Texas, California and Ohio, in the United States, affecting defenseless people," he said, joining bishops in Texas as well as national Catholic organizations and leaders reacting to a bloody first weekend of August. Read more from Rhina Guidos, CNS/Angelus News

Trump says he wants stronger gun checks, gives few details

President Trump spoke Monday from the White House about shootings that left 29 dead and dozens wounded. “In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy.” He suggested early on Twitter that a background check bill could be paired with his long-sought effort to toughen the nation’s immigration system. Read more from Zeke Miller, AP

In letter, pope encourages priests dejected by abuse crisis

"Without denying or dismissing the harm caused by some of our brothers, it would be unfair not to express our gratitude to all those priests who faithfully and generously spend their lives in the service of others." Read more from Junno Arocho Esteves, CNS/Angelus News

It’s official: the new Notre Dame will look like the old Notre Dame

95 days after the fire that destroyed the roof and central spire, the law that will govern the restoration of Notre Dame was finally approved by the French parliament. It explicitly states that it must be rebuilt as it looked before. Read more from Francesco Bandarin, The Art Newspaper
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Saint Emygdius

  • St. Emygdius lived during the second century. He was ordained as a bishop by Pope St. Marcellus, and was sent out to preach the Gospel in Trier, Germany. 
  • He was very successful, but when he began smashing pagan idols, the non-converts revolted. Emygdius was forced to flee for his safety.
  • He is a patron against earthquakes.

Anti-Christian carnage in Nigeria could be global security nightmare

If Christians in Nigeria were ever to decide to take the fight to the enemy, the resulting violence could make the Christian/Muslim carnage in the nearby Central Africa Republic, which left thousands dead and produced almost a million refugees and displaced persons, seem a mere spat. Read more from John L. Allen Jr.

Fools rush in

It’s happened again. A social network virus has taken on a life of its own and Facebook is blowing up. The prime mover of all this activity is the planned storming of the top-secret government location known as Area 51 on September 20, 2019. Based on the “Raid on Area 51” “official” Facebook page and all the postings there within, it looks like your average internet mix of people. Read more from Robert Brennan

This is what California’s waste crisis looks like

With China no longer a market for our disposables, the stuff we recycle increasingly winds up in landfills anyway. Localities across California are struggling to cope—and hoping not to undo the decades of work that made household recycling a habit. Read more from Rachel Becker, CALmatters

Why the GOP has declined in California

California needs to get rid of convenient myths about its past. No, angering Latinos is not a good idea in a state that is 40 percent Hispanic. No, Prop. 187 did not forever doom the GOP. Actual political choices, unrelated to fraught ethnic politics, did that. Read more from James P. Sutton, National Review

Whatever happened to Villanova basketball star Shelly Pennefather? 

"She had a cheerfulness and a confidence that everything was going to be OK. That there was nothing to fear." On a Saturday morning in 1991, Pennefather drove to the Monastery of the Poor Clares in Alexandria, Virginia. Fifteen cloistered nuns waited for her in two lines, their smiles radiant. Read more from Elizabeth Merrill, ESPN

The abortion debate is stuck. Are artificial wombs the answer?

Could an emerging technology reshape the battle lines in the abortion debate? Artificial human wombs are still far in the future, and there are of course other ethical issues to consider. But for now, the technology is developed enough to raise new questions for the abortion debate. Read more from Zoltan Istvan, N.Y. Times

A Roman Catholic Mass is celebrated on Freedom Bridge across the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary, on July 28, 2019. The bridge is closed to vehicles for four weekends in July, when only pedestrians can use it. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
To be clear, the links here don't necessarily reflect the views of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles or the Catholic Church. They're here to help you understand what your friend, neighbor or colleague might see or think about a given topic in the news. As a people called to live and proclaim the Gospel, our obligation to evangelize means that we must be prepared for conversation wherever we go. The purpose of Always Forward is to help its readers: know and understand news related to our faith; encounter a variety of perspectives on these relevant issues (including those with which we may disagree); and foster spiritual growth. Ultimately, the goal of the newsletter is to equip us to continue the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
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