Latino Catholics said to challenge, energize church

The Center on Religion and Cul­ture sponsored a forum and is looking at the way Latinos are affecting the Catholic church in this country. - - Donna Poisl

By Beth Griffin - Catholic News Service

The rapid growth and cultural diversity of Latino Catholics makes tremendous demands on the Cath­o­lic Church at the same time it en­riches and revitalizes the church com­munity, said speakers at a forum on “Becoming Latino: The Trans­for­ma­tion of U.S. Catholi­cism.”

Latinos, like Catholics throughout the church, vary greatly and require a variety of pastoral responses. The U.S. bishops support integration as a way to receive people of different cultures into the church, rather than assimilation, which is dehumanizing and racist, the speakers said.
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