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Archbishop Jose Gomez, of the Los Angeles diocese, attends a news conference at the Fall General Assembly meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Baltimore.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Archbishop Jose Gomez, of the Los Angeles diocese, attends a news conference at the Fall General Assembly meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Baltimore.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

L.A.’s top Catholic Goes off on ‘Woke’ Culture, Social Justice Movements

David DeCosse, director of religious and Catholic ethics and Campus Ethics Programs quoted by the Los Angeles Times.

Gomez’s speech “could’ve been written by a bunch of wealthy, elite Catholics,” said David DeCosse, director of campus ethics programs at the Jesuit-run Santa Clara University. The 60-year-old is spending his fall sabbatical living at the L.A. Catholic Worker’s Boyle Heights home. “This city is throbbing with energy for justice, and Gomez seems determined to judge, not engage or listen.”

David DeCosse, director of religious and Catholic ethics and Campus Ethics Programs quoted by the Los Angeles Times.

Read original essay by columnist Gustavo Arelleno.

 

 

Nov 21, 2021
Ethics
media,religion

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