<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><br class="">If you are not already on this list serve, I highly recommend it.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Marianna Bailey<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox" <<a href="mailto:Team@DailyMeditationsWithMatthewFox.Org" class="">Team@DailyMeditationsWithMatthewFox.Org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[DailyMeditations] 11/20/19: Prophetic Questions for the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference, Part I</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">November 20, 2019 at 3:36:42 AM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 29px;"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;" class=""></ul><span style="color: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;" class="">By Matthew Fox<br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;" class="">Meditation #193, November 20, 2019<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Living CS, Via Transformativa</span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><em class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></em><em class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></em><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></div></div><span class="" style="color: inherit; 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min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2568" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="622" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div data-line-height="1.4" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3203" data-ac-default-color="1" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(8, 75, 138); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""></strong></a><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-family: arial; text-align: start;" class="">We are considering the role of the prophet—and we are all called to be prophetic from time to time. It is integral to the spiritual life of adults. We have remarked how, as Audre Lorde showed us this week, we cannot be silent. Thomas Aquinas says the same thing, that the prophets spoke out even when it was inconvenient or disturbing.<br class=""></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr id="layout-row2986" class="layout-row layout clear-this"><td id="layout-row-padding2986" valign="top" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout_table_581c337bee07a1c0e500e748b8714f2d67020926" valign="top" width="325" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="layout-table layout " width="325" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2985" valign="top" style="padding: 10px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2985" class="layout-row style2985 layout _widget_text widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding2985" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 2px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2569" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="305" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.56; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div class="" data-line-height="1.56" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.56;"><em class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></em>Which brings me to some<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3227" data-ac-default-color="1" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(8, 75, 138); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;" class="">ecclesial news of this past week</span></a></strong>. Something we ought not be silent about—and by "we" I mean everyone with a conscience–Roman Catholics for sure but everyone else as well. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Last week we were told that the National Conference of Bishops in the United States declared their number one issue is…abortion!<br class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td id="layout_table_2a071bf51e574f61b02825a17ef7429c9e8031aa" valign="top" width="325" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="layout-table layout " width="325" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin3001" valign="top" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row3001" class="layout-row _widget_video layout widget"><td id="layout-row-padding3001" valign="top" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="video-td" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3204" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(8, 75, 138);" class=""><img src="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.imgus11.com/public//8bc06bad8297f8a9fe71b4976e247ce5.jpg?r=1215803710" alt="" width="325" style="border: none; width: 325px; opacity: 1;" class=""></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2987" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2987" class="layout-row _widget_text layout style2987 widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding2987" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2570" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="305" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit; font-style: italic;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""></em>Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, left, of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, and Jose Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles, meet the press at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ 2019 spring meetings, June 11, 2019. (Photo from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3227" data-ac-default-color="1" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(8, 75, 138); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;" class="">National Catholic Reporter</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by RNS/AP/Jose Luis Magana)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""></em></span><br class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin3002" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row3002" class="layout-row layout style3002 _widget_text widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding3002" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2582" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="630" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div data-line-height="1.4" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Really? Are they aware how many entire species are being exterminated and extinguished by Climate Change alone? That’s a lot of abortions. And human extermination and vast migrations will follow in their wake. That is a lot of homicides as well. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr id="layout-row2996" class="layout-row layout clear-this"><td id="layout-row-padding2996" valign="top" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout_table_6df157dd136aa42cb4bb9895803ca51878d41e77" valign="top" width="275" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="layout-table layout " width="275" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2983" valign="top" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2983" class="layout-row _widget_picture layout widget" align="left"><td id="layout-row-padding2983" valign="top" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="image-td" align="left" valign="top" width="275"><img src="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.imgus11.com/public//22b4e4303146fe7065aff2c2fd1b7db5.png?r=5804337" alt="" width="275" style="display: block; border: none; outline: none; width: 275px; opacity: 1; max-width: 100%;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2997" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2997" class="layout-row style2997 layout _widget_text widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding2997" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2578" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="255" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""></div>Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva. Photo:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3228" data-ac-default-color="1" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(8, 75, 138); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;" class="">Oficina de Información de la Prelatura del Opus Dei en España</span></a><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-style: italic;" class=""></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td id="layout_table_f14581d700ab72360f11f2eeaa50d6403cf9e32c" valign="top" width="375" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="layout-table layout " width="375" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2995" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2995" class="layout-row layout style2995 _widget_text widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding2995" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2577" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="355" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.56; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div class="" data-line-height="1.56" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.56;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-family: arial; text-align: start;">And the droughts and floods and loss of farm land suggests many will die and hunger will explode. Wouldn’t it seem that Climate Change ought to be the number one moral issue of our time? Isn’t this what Pope Francis taught in his encyclical hailed by scientists and activists alike,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3229" data-ac-default-color="1" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(8, 75, 138); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Laudato Si</strong></a>– not to mention his<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3230" data-ac-default-color="1" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(8, 75, 138); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class="">plans to include a definition of ecological sins</strong></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the church’s official teaching?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">In related news, the same group of religious leaders elected Los Angeles archbishop Jose H. Gomez as head of their organization. </div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin3003" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row3003" class="layout-row layout style3003 _widget_text widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding3003" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2583" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="630" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.55; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div data-line-height="1.55" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.55;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: arial; font-style: normal;">I do not know Bishop Gomez personally but I DO know something of the institute to which he has belonged for years, namely the Opus Dei. I have studied it and written about it at some length in my book<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class="">The Pope’s War: How Ratzinger’s Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>It should give one pause that an Opus Dei member now watches over the entire episcopal conference.</span><br class=""></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2981" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2981" class="layout-row style2981 layout _widget_text widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding2981" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2565" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="630" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.55; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div data-line-height="1.55" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.55;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""></em></em><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: arial; font-style: normal;" class="">Following are a few choice items about Opus Dei with some questions for Bishop Gomez.</span><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class=""></em><br class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr id="layout-row2998" class="layout-row layout clear-this"><td id="layout-row-padding2998" valign="top" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout_table_8299cdb1b4d46f258fbd7d09578f297e157676a7" valign="top" width="275" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="layout-table layout " width="275" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2994" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2994" class="layout-row layout style2994 _widget_text widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding2994" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2576" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="255" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.56; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div class="" data-line-height="1.56" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.56;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-family: arial; text-align: start;"><ul class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li class="" style="display: list-item; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;">The founder of Opus Dei, Jose Escriva was a card-carrying fascist priest and members of his institute happily ruled Spain with dictator Generalissimo Franco serving for many years on his<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2e2280795897875748e3ae9aec307c33&i=249A259A1A3231" data-ac-default-color="1" target="_blank" class="" style="margin: 0px; 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Photographer unknown.</span><br class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin3000" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row3000" class="layout-row _widget_text layout style3000 widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding3000" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2580" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="630" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: inherit; font-family: Arial;"><div class="" data-line-height="1.5" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Do you believe fascism is compatible with the teachings of Jesus?<br class=""><br class=""></em></div><ul class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li class="" style="display: list-item; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px;">Escriva was a rabid sexist who treated women with contempt and tirades of abuse. His female secretary of seven years who wrote a book about him was forbidden to speak at his canonization process and tell the stories she experienced and observed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><em class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Question for Bishop Gomez: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></em><br class=""><br class=""><em style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Have you distanced yourself from the sexism of your founder? If so, what proof do American Catholics have of that distancing?</em><br class=""><em class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></em><hr class=""><em class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></em></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin2980" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row2980" class="layout-row _widget_text layout style2980 widget" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td id="layout-row-padding2980" valign="top" style="padding: 5px;" class=""><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="text_div2564" class="td_text td_block" valign="top" align="left" width="630" style="margin: 0px; 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