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(OSV News) — Survivors of the Los Angeles wildfires say their Catholic faith is bringing them through the flames. “I left my house at 3:30 a.m. yesterday with really nothing,” said Sarah Ray, a teacher from Altadena, California, and member of St. Andrew Church in nearby Pasadena. “My house burned to the ground. … But it’s a blessing to be so close to God, and you’re only close to God when you don’t have anything.” Ray — a mother of four young ch…

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