The children and teens of Quitasueños can also take recreational classes, like hip-hop, dance and drama; and the center organizes summer camps in the mountains. Oh, and one more thing. The young people learn about God.

The sale of 272 enslaved persons by the Jesuits in 1838 helped provide financing for the struggling Georgetown University.

What our aging politicians can learn from Pope Benedict XVI’s historic resignation

A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long-García

Pope Francis has a problem with American Catholic ideologues. Maybe he’s talking about you.

Latino participation is important: Recent polling data suggests that more than half of U.S. Catholics under 30 are Latino. Overall, Latinos make up more than 40 percent of Catholics in the United States.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long-García

But unlike baseball’s haphazard attempts to “improve” the game, the church must prayerfully discern its next steps. There is so much more at stake.

Reflection for Saturday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long-García

Why are Latinos leaving the Catholic Church? And where are they going? In Phoenix, Grace Walk Church has welcomed those searching for a spiritual home away from the Catholic Church