The key to a thriving parish is not so much what goes on inside, says this longtime pastor, but what its members are doing beyond its walls. In his book...
Latino/a Catholics
Stephanie Garza, a young new leader in the church, creates leaders out of Chicago moms. The daughter of a Mexican-American mother and immigrant father...
The immigration debate comes home to Catholic parishes She brought her children here from her country because she feared gangs would kill them. “I left...
In the evening of March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador was shot and killed while celebrating Mass in the chapel on the grounds of...
There are certainly many new approaches to spirituality and belief these days, but the parish remains the place most Catholics go to for sustenance. In fact...
As a novice, María Elena González wanted to be a "kitchen sister," just like the sister she admired. That was not, however, what was in...
In the midst of a heated debate on immigration and a crackdown on undocumented immigrants, Bishop Jaime Soto lays out the church's agenda. Although born in...
Charismatic liturgies, with their lively music, mysticism, and strong community, offer the best of both worlds to Hispanic Catholics looking for a little more...
They're not immigrants, but they don't feel fully "American" either: U.S.-born Latinos are struggling to find their place in the U.S...
