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Cardinal Roger M. Mahony is allowing Catholics who want to celebrate Chinese New Year today to observe Ash Wednesday on Saturday. Both holidays occur today. "I hereby commute the obligation to observe fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday," Mahony said in a statement released recently. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a 40-day period that ends with Easter Sunday. Catholics are expected to fast on Ash Wednesday and to refrain from eating meat every Friday until Easter. Mahony's office estimates there are 1.8 million Asian-American Catholics in the Archdiocese, which includes Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties....

LOS ANGELES -- Cardinal Roger Mahony marked the start of Lent Wednesday by calling for the Catholic Church itself to do penance, in part for the abuse of children by clergy and for not speaking out "forcefully enough" against Nazi atrocities. Mahony, head of the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, made his comments in a message to parishioners on the first day of a 40-day season during which Catholics prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seeking spiritual renewal through prayer, fasting and good works. "As we begin the Lenten journey this year, it is crucial to face...

Currently, The Discovery Channel, "The FBI Files," is covering the murder of Ms. Mahoney, the previous "intern whose name begins with 'M'." Does anyone else remember the Clinton connection with this "mafia style murder."

Published by Roman Catholic Faithful in Ad Majorem Dei Gloria, Summer 2004 and updated with new data Above, Cardinal Mahony at a press conference Below, the fox, which medieval bestiaries present as cunning and deceitful, pretends to be dead so he can lure birds and take them as prey. Whenever I see Cardinal Roger Mahony’s pictures in his archdiocesan newspaper, The Tidings, I am reminded of a fox. On his lips, a gleeful smile as he poses with a grand donor, a celebrity, an honor student, a football player, the workers on strike or picket lines, the illegal immigrants clamoring...

By Cardinal Roger M. Mahony Issued on the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels, September 4, 2004. In the years since the Second Vatican Council my predecessor, Cardinal Timothy Manning, and I have consistently encouraged and supported the celebration of the Liturgy in accord with the spirit and the letter of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, as well as with subsequent official liturgical documents designed to implement that spirit. Many of you are aware of the recent Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum (March 25, 2004) issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. This Instruction...

Judge rejects claim that prosecutors in sexual abuse cases were interfering with Church operations in violation of the Constitution. By Jean Guccione Times Staff Writer September 8, 2004, 11:33 AM PDT Cardinal Roger M. Mahony was ordered today to turn over documents in the secret personnel files of Roman Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children after a judge rejected his claim that prosecutors were interfering with Roman Catholic Church operations, in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Superior Court Judge Thomas F. Nuss ruled that disclosing internal documents to criminal investigators doesn't violate the ability of the church to freely...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

The state of Arkansas unknowingly helped the al-Qaida terrorist network distribute propaganda promoting violence against the United States. Laura Mansfield, associate director of the Northeast Intelligence Network, first noticed the postings yesterday while monitoring a forum on an Arabic-language Internet bulletin board frequented by al- Qaida sympathizers. The Ansar forum received notoriety for releasing the video of the beheading of American citizen Nicholas Berg in Iraq. From July 9 to mid-morning yesterday, a self-proclaimed U.S.-based al-Qaida sympathizer known as "Irhabi 007," or Terrorist 007, listed a large number of video and audio files for download by fellow sympathizers, Mansfield reported...

WELCOME BACK! Recently you each received a letter from the GLO Core Team expressing concern about the presence of the Gay and Lesbian community within the St. Monica parish; to many, it had appeared that we were not making the presence that we had in the past. As a result, this letter invited everyone to make a sign of unity and attend the 5:30 mass on April 18, and everyone was invited to a small gathering in the Duval Center afterwards. The evening was a great success and over 50 Gays and Lesbians attended mass and the event afterwards. This...

On the evening of November 25, an interfaith Thanksgiving service was held at Holy Angels Church (370 Campus Drive, Arcadia). The Blessed Sacrament had been removed from the tabernacle in anticipation of non-Christian prayer, and the sanctuary was piled high with fruits of the harvest (pumpkins and so forth). The organ prelude was "Good Christian Men Rejoice." Monsignor Norman Priebe, pastor of Holy Angels, mounted the pulpit and welcomed us as people of faith. He then left for the rear of the building. "To You O God, All Creatures Sing" was the processional hymn. Monsignor Priebe led the column of...

Cardinal Secrets Hiding the truth in Los Angeles. Rarely do I find common cause with the editorialists at the Los Angeles Times, but when they're right they're right. In a March 17 editorial, the Times was harshly critical of the archbishop of Los Angeles for his continued obstruction of investigations into sexual abuse by priests. "When it comes to investigating priests accused of molesting children," the column begins, "Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony is more aggressive than any other bishop in the country. At shielding priests, that is, not at safeguarding children from sexual abuse." The editorial came three...

Lions, a Cardinal, and Two Dancing Dragons Valid Inculturation or Monkey Business? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BY F. MICHAEL FORRESTER On Jan 19, the Washington Post reported that people in "strait-laced Singapore" were being urged by deputy prime minister Tony Tan to "act like monkeys" -- the Chinese zodiac sign for the current lunar year. Shortly after, on January 22, the Los Angeles Times released an article, headlined "Chinese New Year Dragon Will Dance in L.A.'s New Cathedral." "Be like a monkey. When things happen, you have to be nimble," the Washington Post reported Tan as saying. "It will be a first of...

MASONIC SERVICE BUREAU Of LOS ANGELES 3807 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1120 Los Angeles, California 90010-3188, (213) 387-1371 FAX (213) 387-1373 DAVID R. PATTERSON, P.M. Executive Secretary September 11, 2000 Cardinal Roger Mahony Archdiocese of Los Angeles 3424 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010 Your Excellency: This office provides information to those who request same as well as providing for the needs of our members or their widows. We have, on occasion, been asked questions regarding whether a practicing Catholic may join a Masonic lodge. I usually answer that I believe that they may (relying on the enclosed newspaper report from...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A prominent cleric who was accused of sexual abuse in a lawsuit has been placed on administrative leave by the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese after being accused of misconduct by a second person, church officials said. Msgr. Richard A. Loomis was placed on leave Friday as pastor of Sts. Felicitas and Perpetua Church in San Marino just two weeks after church leaders had told his congregation he would continue as its leader. Loomis was a former aide to Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. In a lawsuit filed...

Feb. 1: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels will host Los Angeles' annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebration Feb. 1, 4 p.m. Bishop McKinley Young, Tenth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the preacher at the ecumenical service, sponsored by the Southern California Ecumenical Council. All are invited to attend the celebration, and arrangements have been made for guided tours of the cathedral following the service.

Feb. 1: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels will host Los Angeles' annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebration Feb. 1, 4 p.m. Bishop McKinley Young, Tenth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the preacher at the ecumenical service, sponsored by the Southern California Ecumenical Council. All are invited to attend the celebration, and arrangements have been made for guided tours of the cathedral following the service.

<p>LOS ANGELES — About 800 people across California took advantage of a 12-month window last year to file molestation lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs.</p> <p>Negotiations over the claims, they said, could yield one of the largest clergy abuse settlements in the nation's history.</p>

800 Church Abuse Cases Filed in Calif.Tuesday January 6, 2004 10:16 AM By GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) - About 800 people across California took advantage of a 12-month window last year to file molestation lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs. Negotiations over the claims, they said, could yield one of the largest clergy abuse settlements in the nation's history. The initial estimate came as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops prepared Tuesday to announce how well its 195 dioceses have followed the church's 2-year-old policy created in response to the clergy sex...

Hit and Run Liberals By George Neumayr Published 6/18/2003 12:04:00 AM Phoenix Bishop Thomas O'Brien's hit-and-run incident is a metaphor for the America Catholic Church under limousine liberals. It speaks of "social justice," then leaves a trail of victims in its wake. It calls for "responsibility," then shirks it with surreal cravenness. A carpenter is left to bleed to death while the bishop who hit him speeds away in a luxury car. This is an apt image for a liberal club that preaches a Christianity indifferent to Christ the carpenter -- a Christianity so flabby, secularized and morally empty that...

Minister arrested for praying, reading in front of DC abortion clinicBy Daniel S. McClintockReverend Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, has been arrested in Washington D.C. after praying and reading the Bible to close to an abortion clinic, despite a 1998 court order. The order made it illegal for pro-life protestors to protest abortion within 20 feet of an abortion clinic. "If Mister Ashcroft wants to incarcerate an American citizen for simply reading scripture on a public sidewalk, I would find that most troubling, particularly in today's climate, where America is facing terrorist attack," he said Tuesday. Rev....