"Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated what he called a "Mass for Peace" at Our Lady of the Angels on Wednesday, stopping just short of a direct appeal to the Trump administration to draw down its aggressive immigration enforcement efforts as protesters gathered blocks away."
""We are united with everybody in our country praying for peace, and specifically praying for immigrants in our country," Gomez said during an address from the pulpit Wednesday afternoon."
""Today, we especially pray for our government leaders, for the law enforcement offices and for those protesting and defending the immigrant families in this struggle here in Los Angeles.""
"As police helicopters buzzed overhead monitoring the demonstration nearby, the archbishop called on God to "awaken again the conscience of Americans.""
Archbishop José H. Gomez led a Mass for Peace at Our Lady of the Angels and prayed specifically for immigrants while calling for Americans' consciences to awaken. He prayed for government leaders, law enforcement officers, protesters and immigrant families engaged in the struggle in Los Angeles. The Mass coincided with a student walkout and a protest march to the Metropolitan Detention Center, where more than 500 students carrying signs and flags gathered amid police and helicopters. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles serves 3.8 million Catholics, a plurality of whom are immigrants and an overwhelming majority Latino. Gomez is the first Mexican-born archbishop of Los Angeles.
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