A delegate prays Sept. 23, 2018, during the Fifth National Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)
At this year s meeting of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, or ACHTUS, Jesuit Fr. Allan Deck of Loyola Marymount University spoke about the decline in church affiliation found throughout the United States, a concern for all of us who love the church. But he was not despondent, and he recognized in the history of Latino Catholicism some of the spiritual perspectives and resources that might guide the rest of the church in the U.S. as, together, we set about reconstructing our ecclesial reality in a post-pandemic world.
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Worshippers recite the Lord s Prayer during a Mass celebrated in honor of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Dec. 9, 2017, in San Diego. The church was first founded to serve the recently arrived Mexican population in San Diego, and has become a cornerstone of the local Latino Catholic community. Participants in the virtual colloquium of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States discussed being a theologian in ministry, rather than in academics. (CNS/David Maung)
Last Saturday, I was able to join the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, or ACHTUS, for the second day of their two-day virtual colloquium. These virtual gatherings are never as much fun as visiting with old friends in person, but I am still glad I attended because the focus of the meeting was both refreshing and, I suspect, seminal.
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By Lisa Zengarini
Access to vaccines for all should be a priority in 2021, says Bishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) and of the Bishops’ Conference of Perù (CEP). Taking care of the lives of thousands of our brothers and sisters, strengthening our health systems to successfully respond to the Coronavirus pandemic and find a solution to the crisis that has impoverished thousands of families”, should be among the priority tasks in the next twelve months, the prelate writes in his message for the new year, stressing that universal access to the vaccine is an “urgent need” and aspiration “of all sectors of society.”