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. . . .