At Dominican University's "¡El Futuro Is Here!" conference, participants shared their various Latino backgrounds, including citizenship, countries of origin, colors, language, class status and education level.
A new PRRI report examined the U.S. religious landscape, and declared that "the most substantial cultural and political divides are between white Christians and Christians of color."
NCR Connections: As part of NCR's intentional, concerted effort to increase its coverage of and engagement with Latinx voices in the church, we are launching the Latino Catholics Project.
We say: The pandemic put enormous strain on the U.S. Catholic Church, but the Gospel endures. Perhaps all of us in the Anglophone church need to listen more to the faith-filled confidence of our Latino brothers and sisters.
Distinctly Catholic: I joined the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States for the second day of their two-day virtual colloquium. The meeting's focus was refreshing and, I suspect, seminal.
Throughout the campaign, Biden was subject to criticism about his faith, with some church figures suggesting he is not a real Catholic. Yet some church observers are warning that such hostility could backfire.
Distinctly Catholic: If by "Catholic vote" you mean those who vote this way or that way because they are Catholic, a quick examination of the shifting landscape shows there is no such thing.
The most intense discussion during the U.S. bishops' Nov. 11-13 meeting concerned whether opposition to abortion is the "preeminent" issue. Others called for attention to immigration and the environment.
