This week’s top U.S.-Latino Catholic news
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Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
50 years ago: The Catholic example of Cesar Chavez and Bobby Kennedy
A shared faith was a crucial reason Mexican-Americans came to trust the Kennedys.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Why do Hispanics leave the church? The Encuentro project aims to find out.
The fifth version of a project started by the U.S. bishops in 1972 goes to the peripheries of the church to welcome back Hispanics.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Why increased enrollment of Latino students in Catholic schools benefits both schools and students
Of the estimated 14.5 million school-age Catholic children in the U.S., about or 55 percent are Latino. Yet 4 percent of school-age Latino Catholic children are enrolled in Catholic schools.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The problem with U.S. hockey: racial diversity
When I played hockey, other players of color were few and far between.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Trump is asking the nation to make an impossible choice on immigration
Mr. Trump’s proposed deal represents an almost complete reversal from previous Republican immigration priorities.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Getting Latino life—and religion—right on ‘One Day at a Time’
“One Day at a Time,” which follows a Cuban-American family in Los Angeles, was inspired by Gloria Calderón Kellet’s own life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Dominican slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo on sex, identity and Catholicism
In “The Poet X,” Elizabeth Acevedo captures the complicated relationship many Dominicans have with Catholicism, particularly focusing on the ways in which faith can affect women.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
In Holy Land, U.S. Hispanic bishops say building walls does no good
Bishop Elizondo was among 10 Hispanic U.S. bishops visiting the Holy Land to advocate for “bridges not walls.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Our Lady of Altagracia became the (unofficial) patroness of the Dominican Republic
“Our country is so important to us. We carry the Dominican Republic in our hearts.”