Word: vibiana
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...Angels is the work of Jose Rafael Moneo, the great Spanish architect whose roots are simultaneously in the here and now and in the sunlit antiquity of the Mediterranean rim. It was built in part because the Los Angeles archdiocese's previous seat, a much smaller church called St. Vibiana's, was badly damaged in the 1994 earthquake. But it was also built because L.A.'s powerful Roger Cardinal Mahony wanted it. Six years ago Mahony interviewed for the project a series of architects, including Frank Gehry, whose irresistible Walt Disney Concert Hall is going up just a few blocks...
...immigration lobby was quick to respond. In a typical display of insightful commentary, Vibiana Andrade, national director of the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, labeled Wilson's proposal a form of fascism. She went on to say, "A card like he proposes would be very controlling--and very scary." Andrade, however, remained silent on how such a card would differ from a driver's license or voter registration card...
...California, faithful turned out at churches of all denominations, including a large gathering at St. Vibiana's Roman Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles. In Redondo Beach, 2000 parishioners attended Mass at St. Lawrence Martyr Catholic Church...
...Washington. The gay Catholic group Dignity plans a vigil in Detroit to pray for the Pope's enlightenment on lesbian and gay rights issues. In Los Angeles, feminist, homosexual and atheist groups have formed an ad hoc alliance to stage a vigil outside the parish house of St. Vibiana's Cathedral, where the Pope will be staying, in hopes that their chanting will keep him awake all night...
Gentlest of speakers, Archbishop Cantwell still has the brogue of Southern Ireland, where he was born in 1874 and ordained in 1899. His present Cathedral is musty St. Vibiana's in the grubbiest part of Los Angeles. Before his elevation last week he had planned a magnificent new Cathedral in the swanky Wilshire section, but he changed his mind, decided to use the new Cathedral money for a seminary. His private quarters are on fashionable Fremont Place, where his sister keeps his house and a dog keeps him company...