LA's New Catholic Leader and Immigration Reform

Pope Francis is in Rio de Janeiro tonight, his first return to South America since taking charge of the Holy See. But his symbolic first visit outside of Rome was last week to the tiny Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, the destination of thousands of African immigrants. This year alone, 40 have died in the effort to find better lives in Europe. The Pope prayed for them and denounced what he called, the "globalization of indifference." Yesterday, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Archbishop José Gomez celebrated mass on behalf of all immigrants, and asked Catholics to contact members of Congress on behalf of comprehensive immigration reform. He's written a book on the subject, Immigration and the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation, dedicated to Pope Francis, and KCRW's Saul Gonzalez talked to him about it.

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez and Pope Francis