Los Angeles, Calif., Aug 1, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Los Angeles Times published a long report yesterday, highlighting a “new breed” of younger priests, who are loyal to the Pope, to Church doctrine and to deep pastoral commitments.
The report features Fr. Marcos Gonzalez, associate pastor at St. Andrew Church in Pasadena, as a member of this new breed, ordained during the 25-year papacy of Pope John Paul II.
The 41-year-old priest wears a cassock every day, disagrees with optional celibacy for priests, opposes women's ordination, believes artificial birth control and gay sex are always a sin and tells couples to remain chaste until marriage. This “new breed” also speaks boldly about religious vocations and evangelization.
The report tells how Fr. Gonzalez recently held three classes of St. Andrew students “spellbound during a pitch promoting the virtues of religious life.”