Com­ment: With Latin influ­ence in the U.S. ris­ing with the growth of the Amer­i­can Spanish-speaking pop­u­la­tion, it is both inter­est­ing and sig­nif­i­cant that the Pope selected a mem­ber of the reac­tionary, fascist-connected Opus Dei to be the Arch­bishop of Los Ange­les. This appoint­ment con­tin­ues a pat­tern of con­ver­gence between the Vat­i­can and Opus Dei dat­ing to the ascen­sion of John Paul II to the Papacy.

“Jose Gomez Named New Arch­bishop of Los Ange­les” by Amy Mun­day; huliq.com; 4/6/2010.

The new Arch­bishop of Los Ange­les is going to be Mexican-born Jose Gomez, 58. The Pope named the new Arch­bishop of L.A. today to suc­ceed arch­bishop, Car­di­nal Roger Mahony. . . .

. . . The new Arch­bishop of Las Ange­les was born in Mon­terey, Mex­ico. He attended col­lege in Mex­ico, Rome and Spain. Gomez was ordained a priest of Opus Dei in 1978 in Spain. . . .