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At the first event, readings and prayers were recited from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and other faiths.
The cathedral was infused with incense burned during a Native American prayer. Clerics in turbans and flowing orange gowns sat next to those in traditional Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Rite robes.
Attending were Jerry Brown, mayor of Oakland; former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and his wife, Nancy Daly Riordan; U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi; California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez; Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante; United Farm Workers official Dolores Huerta; former Vice President Al Gore, and state Treasurer Phil Angelides.
The service ended in a prayer circle, with religious leaders surrounding Villaraigosa, and a concluding benediction by Cardinal Roger M. Mahony.
Mahony urged Villaraigosa to show "special concern for those residents of our city on the margins of life, of society and most in need," and "to strive for what is right and just."
To mariachi music, Villaraigosa then strode out of the sanctuary and onto the downtown streets at 9:09 a.m. for the short walk to City Hall.
"All of us were so moved by the spirituality of giving the strength to the mayor and his wife as they take on this unbelievably challenging role," said Nancy Riordan during the procession.
In his benediction back at the Cathedral, Mahony entreated:
"We pray for a new kind of politics -- focused on moral principles, not on the latest polls, on the needs of the poor and vulnerable, not the contributions of the rich and powerful."
AP - Fri Jul 1, 6:25 PM ET
Joining LA Cardinal Roger Mahony, at left, are various religious leaders representing the many faiths of the people of Los Angeles during the Interfaith Prayer Service for the Inauguration of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa in Los Angeles, Friday, July 1, 2005. Villaraigosa formally took his oath as the city's 41st mayor on Friday, becoming the first Hispanic to hold the office since the 19th century.(AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)
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