Gustavo Arellano

Jay Sefton co-wrote and performed "Unreconciled," the story of how he played Jesus in an eighth-grade Catholic school passion play in a Philadelphia suburb under the direction of the priest that abused him.

To see Mary shattered before me was a reminder that when we see something sacred broken, we must do everything possible to fix it. 

Whether writing for the Los Angeles Times or NCR, Gustavo Arellano looks to the patron saint of journalists to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

I couldn't understand all the lyrics — the Spanish was centuries old, and my family lost our Indigenous language long ago. But the 17th-century songs evoked not just the birth of Christ, but the birth of Mexico itself.

LA Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela did not wear his faith on his sleeve. But his reverence for La Virgen de Guadalupe and El Santo Niño highlights the remarkable life of a Mexican, Catholic athlete.

When I served as dramaturg for the Los Angeles-based Center Theatre Group's reading of "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" by Fr. Daniel Berrigan, I didn't expect how profound the experience would be for my Catholicism.

An LA felon has no business wrapping himself in Mexican Catholic iconography in desperate, public attempts for sympathy, writes NCR contributor Gustavo Arellano. 

Funeral traditions for Grandma highlight the faith that brought her community and friends and remind her descendants that life is never about you, but the people you love. 

The Salt Stain Mary on a concrete underpass is in bad shape, but Gustavo Arellano's pilgrimage to Chicago reminds him that devotion to Our Lady cannot be erased.

A recent mention on the HBO series "Perry Mason" is just the latest of Hollywood guest appearances by Santo Niño de Atocha, an image of the infant Jesus revered by Mexicans and Mexican Americans.

Enchiladas, huachales and capirotada from his aunts are more than just nice meals for Gustavo Arellano. They remind him of his late mother and that it's never too late to change our ways.

A photo of a homemade shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe landed Gustavo Arellano in Instagram jail, yet its parent company is allowing Donald Trump back.