Speaking with The Tablet on the first morning of the V Encuentro, Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, highlighted elements of the Hispanic contribution to the Church in the U.S., and also enumerated its ongoing challenges.
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In Texas, Expectations High to Strengthen Hispanic Ministry
Standing under a “Bienvenidos V Encuentro” banner, Catholics waited anxiously to check-in at the national Fifth Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas.
Texas Bishop Wants to Turn ‘Hispanic Challenge’ Into Opportunity
Texas may be known as a state of “Lone Rangers,” but for Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, he’s hoping the V Encuentro, taking place in his diocese this week, will be a chance to shed rugged individualism in the American Catholic Church for an embrace of a larger community.
Migration Bishop Issues Statement on US Refugee Limit for the Year 2019
The lowest number in the history of the U.S. refugee admissions program has been set for 2019 by the Trump administration.
The Tablet Names New Editor and Managing Editor
DeSales Media Group announced Sept.18 that long-time editor of Nuestra Voz, Jorge I. Domínguez-López, has been promoted to editor-in-chief of publications.
Hispanic Summit Styled as Bright Light in Dark Time for the Church
This week’s Texas gathering will bring together some 3,000 Catholics to conclude a four-year nationwide process of Hispanic/Latino missionary activity, consultation, leadership and pastoral discernment that took place in parishes, dioceses and episcopal regions in the United States.
Despite Crisis, Catholics Still In Focus on Climate Change Fight
Thousands of world leaders gathered in San Francisco last week for the Global Climate Action Summit to “Take Ambition to the Next Level” in fighting climate change, and in particular, to ensure the Paris Climate Agreement remains in effect.
Encuentro: A New Era for US Church
Three thousand Hispanic Ministry delegates representing more than 165 dioceses are meeting in Grapevine, Texas, at the V National Encuentro of Hispanic Latino Ministry (Fifth Encuentro), Sept. 20-23.
Catholic Charities Provides Aid to Carolinas Following Florence
The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14. And although the storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a Category 1 tropical storm, it still caused extensive water damage.
Bishop of West Virginia Retires; Pope Orders Investigation of Allegations
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, and has instructed Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore to conduct an investigation into allegations that Bishop Bransfield sexually harassed adults.