“We live for the poor,” Friar Benjamin told Angelus, the online news outlet of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. “We always go to the worst areas of the cities, places where you find more violence, drugs, gangs, prostitution, you name it.”
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In College With Jesus
This fall, college students will develop relationships that impact their lives while on campus and for many years afterward.
Catholics Add Voices to Call for More Refugees
Christians in the U.S. have taken the Trump administration to task for a dramatic drop in the numbers of persecuted Christian and other refugees being admitted into the country, even though administration officials promised last year to help.
Disney Artist Credits Catholic School as Foundation for Success
Ron Clements is a renowned animator, screenwriter and producer-director of award-winning Disney films, including the blockbuster “Moana.” But at heart, he will always be a Midwesterner and grateful for his Catholic education, he told students at his alma mater.
Pennsylvania Bishops’ Plan For Helping Abuse Victims
The bishops of Pennsylvania’s eight Roman Catholic dioceses are supporting creation of an independent fund to compensate survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
At Encuentro, Hispanics Lauded for ‘Fidelity,’ ‘Mercy’ and ‘Tenderness’
Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich, whose archdiocese is home to one of the largest Hispanic communities in the United States, said Americans will look back in history to the present and “rejoice” for the Hispanic influence.
National Encuentro Is About the Whole Church
In the 18 years since the last Encuentro the Hispanic Catholic community in the U.S. has gone through remarkable changes. For starters, 60 percent of Hispanic Catholics today were born in the U.S. and English has become the first language of a much larger portion of the Latino community.
Archbishop Lori: MLK Offers Insight Into Uniting the Church
As the leader of Baltimore’s Catholics, Archbishop Lori knows firsthand the way in which the issue of race has divided Catholics in his diocese. At this week’s V Encuentro, he spoke with The Tablet about how the legacy of MLK can help overcome segregation in the U.S. Church.
Encuentro Leaders Seek Ways to Reach Young Hispanic Catholics
Thousands of clerics and lay leaders are packing a Texas convention center at the Fifth National Encuentro this weekend to strengthen Hispanic ministry in the U.S. – and they’re turning to the next generation to guide them.
Opening Day of the Fifth National Encuentro
Scenes from the first day of the Fifth National Encuentro… The Tablet team was in place as Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio, Texas, lead the opening prayer, and Editor Jorge I. Dominguez-Lopez had a chance to interview Sister Norma Pimentel.