During their annual meeting in November of last year, a critical mass of the Catholic bishops of the United States recognized that Joe Biden’s election to the presidency had brought the Church to a critical point.
The president-elect had long spoken, and with evident sincerity, about the ways in which his Catholic faith sustained him in times of great suffering, including the deaths of his first wife and his son. He regularly attended Mass and was famous for bragging about carrying his rosary with him. In his campaign, he quoted Pope Francis, spoke often about his affection for religious sisters, and invoked the social doctrine of the Church as a source of his policy positions.
Yet throughout his Senate career and his eight years as vice president, Biden had become an ever more strident supporter of the most extreme interpretation of the abortion regime imposed on the country by Roe v. Wade in and reinforced by Planned Parenthood v. Casey in He was an avid supporter of Obergefell v. Hodges and “gay marriage” (and officiated at one such ceremony himself when vice president). There was no visible distance between his recent policy positions, on the one hand, and those of t
José Horacio Gómez Velasco (born December 26, ) is a Mexican-American prelate of the Catholic Church. He became the fifth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California in He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Denver in Colorado from to and as Archbishop of San Antonio in Texas from to
Beginning on November 15, , Gómez served as vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB); his term as vice president ended with his election as president on November 12, He was the first person of Hispanic descent to hold both positions. His three-year presidential term ended on November 15, , with the election of Archbishop Timothy Broglio.
Early life and education
José Gómez was born on December 26, , in Monterrey, Mexico, to José H. Gómez and Esperanza Velasco. He has three older sisters and one younger sister. He attended the Monterrey Ins*ute of Technology in Monterrey before entering the National University of Mexico in Mexico City, where he earned undergraduate degrees in accounting and phil
The Venezuelan-born, Spanish conductor José Luis Gomez began his musical career as a violinist andwas catapulted to international attention when he won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in September , securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from the jury.
Gomez’s electrifying energy, talent and creativity earned him immediate acclaim from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed to the position of Assistant Conductor, a post created especially for him by Paavo Järvi and the orchestra directly upon the conclusion of the competition.
In , Gomez was named Music Director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Since taking the helm, the orchestra has seen a marked increase in subscribers and donors to the orchestra and Gomez has worked tirelessly to introduce innovative and exciting new outreach activities whilst continuing to nurture and support existing education projects. Maestro Gomez is also a champion of many composers from his native South America, programming their works sensitively with more recognized classical names, creating hugely interesting and unique concer
José Gómez
José Gómez was a classic middleweight boxer who won the gold medal at the Moskva Olympics. He also was the winner at the World Championships, the Pan American Games, and the Central American and Caribbean Games. He was the champion at the Playa Giron de Camagüey in Gómez was Cuban national champion in and He won the Cordova Cardin tournament for six consecutive years, from
Gómez was in a car accident shortly before the Olympics. He was injured but was able to compete at Moskva and win the gold medal. Boxing experts, however, maintained that he was never again the same dominant boxer and he did suffer a few defeats in , notably to Bernardo Comas at the Playa Giron tournament. Gómez retired when he was only years-old.
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