A holy transfer of power

More than 4,000 churchgoers sang a heartfelt "Happy Birthday," to Cardinal Roger Mahony on Sunday, just minutes after he officially stepped down from leading the largest Roman Catholic Archdiocese in the nation to transfer his pastoral leadership to Los Angeles' first Latino archbishop.Susan Abram in the Daily News,

The birthday wishes inside downtown's overflowing Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels came during an historic Mass service that officially marked the Cardinal's retirement and the installation of Archbishop Jose H. Gomez. Mahony, who turned 75 on Sunday, kept the ceremony of transition lighthearted in spirit yet steeped in ancient traditions.