Cardinal Roger M. Mahony officiates at the dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Three thousand invited guests were on hand for the ceremony. ( LUIS SINCO / LAT)
Msgr. Kevin Kostelnik knocks on the bronze doors of Los Angeles’ new cathedral. (KEN HIVELY / LAT)
Nuns hold urns of incense to bless the altar during the ceremony and Mass at the new cathedral. (BÉATRICE de GÉA / LAT)
A worshiper touches the foot of a statue of Jesus Christ in the new $189.5-million cathedral. (BÉATRICE de GÉA / LAT)
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Clergy members who are wearing vestments of matching hues of white and adobe sing the welcoming hymn Monday. (BÉATRICE de GÉA / LAT)
The four-hour dedication liturgy for the new edifice was witnessed by a personal representative of Pope John Paul II, 11 other U.S. cardinals and nearly a thousand bishops, priests and deacons. (BÉATRICE de GÉA / LAT)
Priests file into the cathedral; nearly 1,000 bishops, priests and deacons took part in the official opening. (BÉATRICE de GÉA / LAT)
