Only about 8 percent of teachers in Catholic schools are Hispanic, compared with 17 percent of students. Low salaries and a weak professional pipeline make it difficult to diversify the teaching staff.
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More than 3,000 Latino Catholics expected at Encuentro gathering
Encuentro, which means “Encounter,” is an initiative from the U.S. bishops that seeks to better serve the growing Latin American community and will continue through 2020.
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Is there a sexual abuse reckoning coming for the Latino church?
“For Hispanics, whatever the priest says goes. But that’s not right. The priest is not God. Nobody is above God.”
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Church holds annual Hispanic Congress amid immigration concerns
The 14th annual Hispanic Charismatic Congress for the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, was held July 14-15 at a conference center in South Sioux City, Nebraska, just across the Missouri River. Although Adrian Paz of Denison, Iowa, was pleased that attendance had increased at this year’s Hispanic charismatic congress, real-world issues may have kept some away.
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Encuentro process aims to identify, train 20,000 Hispanics to be leaders
Alicia Carrillo is one of the 20,000 new Hispanic Catholic ministry leaders that the National Fifth Encuentro of Hispanic Latino Ministry process aims to identify and train.
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At regional encuentro, hard work, joy-infused faith yield concrete ideas
In an unremarkable-looking conference room at a hotel in downtown Portland — a city known for its dearth of traditional religious practice — a gathering of Catholics from five states did something remarkable.
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Chilean church offices raided as part of sex abuse probe
Prosecutor Emiliano Arias, who led the search in Santiago, said the church raids show that in Chile “we are all subject to common justice.”
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At Detroit Encuentro, church leaders urged to learn more about Hispanic devotions and traditions
At the Region VI Encuentro June 2-3 in Detroit, dioceses were asked to encourage priests and lay leaders to learn more about and provide space for Hispanic devotions and traditions.
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The Hispanic Catholic Church in the U.S. is growing, survey confirms
Overall, about 40 percent of U.S. Catholics are Hispanic, according to the survey.
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California encuentro delegates prepare for ministry united as one
The multiyear encuentro process, which includes similar regional gatherings across the country, seeks to discern the needs, aspirations and faith practices of Hispanic Catholics in the United States.