The people who visit the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to pray each day include some of those who are in downtown LA to protest immigration raids, said Msgr. Antonio Cacciapuoti, pastor of the cathedral.
“Jesus weeps when there is suffering and injustice,” he said. “It’s important for us not to feel discouraged but find hope and trust in him because he has already conquered all sin and eternal death.”
The downtown cathedral is at the eye of the moral and political storm over the arrests of immigrants accused of being undocumented, the resulting protests, and the federal mobilization of the National Guard and U.S. Marines in response.