Hispanics Archives

The next bishop of Raleigh is from Latin America — like many in his flock
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- August 19, 2017
The south has a growing Catholic population, and many of these Catholics are Spanish speaking so the new bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina who is originally from Colombia, Luis Rafael Zarama, will be very welcome. One immigrant from Mexico says with this new bishop, “We can experience the love of God having someone understand what our hearts and souls are in need of.”
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Mariachi musicians know where credit goes for their talent: to God
- Catholic News Service, Faith
- August 13, 2017
Two members of a mariachi band, Miguel Grima and his nephew Jonathan Grima, explain all the ways their music serves them and the people in their community both in celebration and grief. But at church, the music is divinely inspired. “When I sing at Mass, that’s when I raise my voice in song and give my thanks to God for the gifts he has given me,” Miguel said.
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Catholic schools make outreach to Hispanic community a priority
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 10, 2017
For Hispanic students enrolled in Catholic schools, there’s often a sense of gratitude mixed with heightened self-awareness and varying levels of discomfort. Some express concern that their own background is not reflected in their school’s curriculum, such as absence of a discussion of Latino history, and note the lack of diversity in faculty and staff especially at schools that serve Hispanics and other students of color.
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Why polarization threatens the future for Hispanic Catholics

Hosffman Ospino of Boston College reminds American Catholics “that 60 percent of U.S. Catholics younger than eighteen are Hispanic. This is not a number that we can afford to ignore as a church! If we do the math, just in a few years, the majority of Catholics in the United States will share a Hispanic background. They will be writing the next chapter of the history of U.S. Catholicism, but they will not—and should not—do it alone.”

Growth of U.S. Hispanic population a blessing for church, says speaker

Latino Catholics represent 71 percent of the country’s Catholic growth. During the 1960s, 10 percent of Catholics identified themselves as Hispanic; today approximately 30.4 million people in the United States self-identify their religion as Catholic and their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino.