As St. Francis said, may the Lord grant you peace

In 2011, during a solemn ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI placed the pallium on my shoulders, a symbol of my union with the universal Church as I began my new pastoral duties as shepherd of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Following that ceremony, I made a pilgrimage to Assisi.

I wanted to offer the Eucharist at the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels, which is where it all began, the true spiritual heart from which Los Angeles was born.

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