Opus Dei Archives

Gómez a living rebuttal of seeing bishops as ‘partisan’ on immigration

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?”

Former United States head of Opus Dei dies at 71

After a fight with cancer, Father Arne Panula, the former U.S. vicar of Opus Dei, died in his home in Washington, D.C. on July 19, 2017. Panula acted as vicar of Opus Dei from 1998 to 2002. Cardinal Donald Wuerl will celebrate the funeral Mass July 22 at the Cathedral of St. Mathew the Apostle.

Joaquin Navarro-Valls: Take him for all in all, I will not look upon his like again
- Obituary
- July 5, 2017
Joaquin Navarro Valls, the longtime spokesman for Pope John Paul who played a role under the Polish pope somewhat akin to a chief of staff, died Wednesday at the age of 80 from cancer. He wasn’t without his flaws, but he was nevertheless a giant of a man, and someone who took a deep personal as well as professional interest in the people around him. Whatever else can be said, it will be a long time before we see someone else like him.
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Gómez: Deportations have to stop, and right now
- Interviews
- July 5, 2017
Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles found himself close to tears on July 2 describing the impact on families of deportations of undocumented immigrants. “In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, many times children don’t want to go to the Catholic schools because they think that their parents are not going to be home in the evening. They really suffer,” he said.
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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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