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Archbishop Gomez: Our commitments as Catholics
As Catholics, we are a people who believe that every human life is born from the will of a Creator who knows us and loves us.
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Archbishop Gomez: To bring the joy of Jesus
As we come before the sacred tilma, and as we lift our eyes to gaze into her eyes — we hear the echo of Our Lady’s tender words to St. Juan Diego: “Am I not your mother? Are you not under my shadow and my gaze? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not sheltered underneath my mantle, under the embrace of my arms?”
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Archbishop Gomez: Statement on SB 360 failing to be presented in committee
I am grateful to the California Assembly Public Safety Committee members and staff for their thoughtful analysis and deliberation on Senate Bill 360, and I am thankful that the bill’s author, Senator Jerry Hill, has decided not to continue pursuing its passage this year.
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Archbishop Gomez: ‘Everyone realizes we love them’
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on July 1, 1769, St. Junípero Serra arrived at the port of San Diego, having journeyed on foot for more than five months from Loreto, Mexico.
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Full text: Archbishop Gomez stresses importance of family, Christian mission at ND liturgy conference
I am honored to be with you tonight to talk about the pastoral state of the family.
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Archbishop Gomez: ‘Protect this sacrament of the Church’
(In a letter that he asked to be read in all parishes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on June 15–16, Archbishop Gomez urged Catholics to speak out against California Senate Bill 360, which would deny the right to confidential confessions to priests and tens of thousands of Catholics who work with priests in parishes and other Church agencies and ministries. His letter is reprinted below and available in Spanish here.)
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Archbishop Gomez: ‘Men of God, friends of Christ’
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ:
Every ordination is a time for us to thank God for the gift of the priesthood. -
Archbishop Gomez: A bishop in a time of renewal
On May 16, Archbishop Gomez delivered the homily at the episcopal ordination of Msgr. Alejandro D. Aclan as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The following is adapted from his homily.
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Archbishop Gomez: Confession is sacred
Saint Mateo Correa Magallanes was a priest and a Knight of Columbus. During the persecution of the Church in Mexico in 1927, he had a choice to make.
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