Pope Francis, Community and Heroin

Pope Francis, Community and Heroin

NewsTaco September 25, 2015

*Read this, share it, it’s important. That’s all I have to say. VL By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog I [spoke] at Notre Dame University [yestaerday], the day that Pope […]

Here’s Why The Pope Is More Popular With Latinos Than Pretty Much Any American Politician

NewsTaco September 23, 2015

*Many Latinos get it. So this may be best directed to non-Latinos. So share this with someone not in the choir, that they may better understand Francis’s popularity among Latinos. […]

Papal Visit Brings Excitement, Anxiety to Congress

NewsTaco

*The big speech to the joint session of congress is Thursday. Depending on where you stand on any number of issues, and which you consider more important than others, you’re […]

Pope-Admiring Latino Youth Are the Catholic Church’s Present, Future

NewsTaco September 22, 2015

*The key statistic in this story is: 60 percent of U.S. Catholics under the age of 18 are Latino. That’s probably why the Pope is coming to the U.S. and […]

Papal Mass in Washington will be in Spanish

NewsTaco September 3, 2015

*This will be the Junípero Serra canonization mass, on September 23rd. VL By Gregory Korte, USA Today WASHINGTON —  When Pope Francis celebrates a canonization Mass for a Spanish-Americanmissionary in Washington this […]

In N.Y. visit, Pope Francis will sit in chair made by Latino day laborers

NewsTaco August 7, 2015

*It seems that even in the details the Pope’s visit to the U.S. will be filled with symbolism. VL By Associated Press PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) –  Carpenter Hector Rojas […]

In Bolivia, Pope Francis Apologizes for Church’s ‘Grave Sins’

NewsTaco July 10, 2015

*Wow. This is a transformational moment in the history of the Catholic Church and Latin America. Pope Francis: “I humbly ask forgiveness, not only for the offense of the church herself, […]

On climate change, Hispanic Catholics hear pope’s message – and it’s personal

NewsTaco July 1, 2015

*When it comes to the Pope’s messages on climate justice and his call for a phase-out of fossil fuels to protect the poor, the important question is whether Francis can make […]

There Is No Homogenous Latino Catholic Vote

NewsTaco June 23, 2015

*The truth is that there is no homogenous Latino anything. Even the Spanish we speak has nuanced differences. So religion, and Catholicism specifically, are folded into that idea. What this […]

Migrants victims of ‘throwaway society’, says Pope

NewsTaco June 22, 2015

*I would call this a signal of what we should expect for Pope Francis to say when he visits the U.S. in September. He’ll be addressing a joint session of […]