Archbishop José Gomez will preside Friday over a “Mass for the Nation” at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles marking the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The public celebration is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Friday on the Cathedral Plaza, followed by Mass at noon inside the cathedral at 555 W. Temple St., according to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
“We all share this beautiful vision — the vision of God, the vision of Jesus, the vision of America’s founders,” Gomez said. “This beautiful vision of every man and every woman as a child of God, made in God’s image, with a sanctity and dignity that must be cherished and fostered.”…