Boyle Heights parish holds Mass for peace after Mexico cartel violence

The relics of six Mexican martyrs were not supposed to arrive at Our Lady of the Rosary of Talpa Church in Boyle Heights until after the summer.

But when the parish’s pastor, Father Miguel Ángel Ruiz, learned that the relics were going to show up early — coincidentally on the week that a wave of drug cartel violence suddenly rocked Mexico — he knew it was God’s providence when it was needed most.

“I said, ‘It’s God’s sign — let’s do it,’ ” Ruiz said. “Not only will we pray for peace, but we will also have the intercession of the martyrs through the presence of their relics.”

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