During the nine days before Christmas, friends and family gather for the re-enactment, with two children dressing up to play the roles of Mary and Joseph.
J.D. Long García
J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America and co-author of Clericalism: The Institutional Dimension of the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A pandemic won’t stop these California Catholics from (safely) celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe
Celebrations for Our Lady of Guadalupe will look different this year.
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
What would Mary have been like as a friend?
A Reflection for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Latinos celebrate Thanksgiving: Turkey optional, gratitude required
Many Latino people of various cultures who call this country home have embraced Thanksgiving—each culture adding its own spice, of course.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The wrong people are in charge of protecting our children from sexual abuse
As a layperson, and as a father, I cannot continue to make myself dependent on ordained men. Not for this.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Immigration advocates: It will take Biden years to undo the damage of the Trump era
“The [Biden] administration needs to seize this moment for generational change, especially in terms of immigration.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The Latino vote is (still) not monolithic. We shouldn’t be surprised.
Some Democrats were shocked that President Trump got one-third of the Latino vote. But J.D. Long-García writes that the Latino vote has never been monolithic and probably never will be.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Día de los Muertos is a celebration—even during a pandemic.
For those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19, celebrations will not be the same this year. But they will still remember the souls who have passed on to new life.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
The United States is becoming more Latino every day. Encuentro shows there is nothing wrong with that.
Zoom meetings and virtual conferences don’t usually start with music, laughter and dancing, but that’s how V Encuentro does it.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
How long will the Latino community have to wait for a cardinal in the United States?
By some estimates, 40 to 45 percent of U.S. Catholics are Latino, including more than 60 percent of Catholics under the age of 18. How many U.S. cardinals are Latino? Zero.