Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archives

Gómez a living rebuttal of seeing bishops as ‘partisan’ on immigration
- Analysis
- August 30, 2017
Although the U.S. bishops have long been charged with being in bed with either the political left or right whenever they take positions on public policy issues, if you can look at Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles’s advocacy of immigration reform and still think so, one has to ask, “Then what would it take to change that?”
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Selfie-taking Archbishop hosting ‘City of Saints’ for LA teens
- Church in the US
- August 4, 2017
The campus of UCLA will be abuzz with 1,600 Catholic teenagers as well as the archbishop himself at the Los Angeles Archdiocese’s third annual ‘City of Saints’ event. They will be “encountering Christ,” according to a statement from the archdiocese, and listening to speakers, as well as playing a life-sized version of Hungry, Hungry Hippo and taking selfies with Archbishop Jose Gomez.
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LA archbishop illustrates topsy-turvy politics of Trump era
- Analysis
- March 11, 2017
Under Donald Trump we’re in a through-the-looking-glass moment, including perceptions of the political profile of the U.S. bishops. No one illustrates that better than Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, long seen as a conservative but now perceived as a liberal for his pro-immigrant stance.
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Church’s history of defending immigrants must continue

Many Americans seem to have forgotten that every single immigrant has a face and a story, and can’t be reduced to a statistic. They are our neighbors, family members, friends, co-workers, and fellow parishioners—and it’s our duty to put an end to the name-calling and to serve as their voice.

In Gomez, US bishops make clear pro-immigrant statement

Coming just seven days after the victory of Donald Trump, the choice by the US bishops of a Mexican-born prelate who’s passionate about immigrant rights can’t help but be seen as a powerful statement of priorities by the leadership of the American Catholic church.