Católicos por La Raza
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Católicos por La Raza is a political association organized by Ricardo Cruz
in the later 1960s in Los Angeles, California
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led a march of several hundred demonstrators to the newly constructed St. Basil Church in Los Angeles. The demonstrators picketed outside while midnight mass was being celebrated inside. While Los Angeles Archbishop James Francis McIntyre celebrated mass inside, the demonstrators, who were conducting a prayer vigil, were confronted by off-duty sheriffs and a Los Angeles Police Department
riot squad who warned them about entering the building and disrupting the service.
As congregants inside the church sang Adeste Fideles
, protesters entered the church, led by Cruz. Some protesters were arrested.
Ricardo Cruz
Ricardo Cruz , aka Richard V. Cruz, was a Los Angeles, California attorney who fought for many Chicano Movement causes...
in the later 1960s in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
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St. Basil's arrests
On December 24, 1969, law student Ricardo CruzRicardo Cruz
Ricardo Cruz , aka Richard V. Cruz, was a Los Angeles, California attorney who fought for many Chicano Movement causes...
led a march of several hundred demonstrators to the newly constructed St. Basil Church in Los Angeles. The demonstrators picketed outside while midnight mass was being celebrated inside. While Los Angeles Archbishop James Francis McIntyre celebrated mass inside, the demonstrators, who were conducting a prayer vigil, were confronted by off-duty sheriffs and a Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
riot squad who warned them about entering the building and disrupting the service.
As congregants inside the church sang Adeste Fideles
Adeste Fideles
"Adeste Fideles" is a hymn tune attributed to English hymnist John Francis Wade . The text itself has unclear beginnings, and may have been written in the 13th century by John of Reading, though it has been concluded that Wade was probably the author.The original four verses of the hymn were...
, protesters entered the church, led by Cruz. Some protesters were arrested.