By Mary Huber
LOS ANGELES—Southern California finally has its own Walk for Life!
In commemoration of the U. S. Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion in the United States, Bishop Gerald Barnes and Auxiliary Bishop Rutilio del Riego joined hundreds of faithful from the Diocese of San Bernardino at the first ever OneLife LA event in Los Angeles on January 17.
SAN BERNARDINO—The church has a task and that is to revive the spirit of discipleship and mission, said Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga, SDB, during talks to diocesan priests, religious and lay leaders the last week of January.
VATICAN CITY, ROME—When Auxiliary Bishop Rutilio del Riego spoke briefly with Pope Francis in Rome last month at an international conference on immigration he said the groundbreaking Pontiff radiated all of the qualities that have marked his 21-month papacy.
SAN BERNARDINO—Bishop Gerald Barnes has again called on uninsured persons to seek medical care coverage during the second open enrollment period of Covered California, the private health insurance exchange in California created to facilitate compliance with the federal Affordable Care Act.
LOS ANGELES—Every January Catholics and others who support the Culture of Life mark the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions legalizing the termination of a pregnancy by taking to the streets and praying for an end to abortion.