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Hispanics and Latinos

Young people are pictured in a file photo praying during a daylong regional encuentro in Herndon, Va. Younger Catholic adults in the U.S. are more likely to be Hispanic or Latino, while just over half of Gen-Z individuals raised Catholic are likely to retain that identity in adulthood, according to a March 23, 2026, data analysis by Mark Gray of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Data: Younger Catholics increasingly Hispanic; over half of Gen-Z adults stay Catholic

Gina Christian|Mar 24, 2026|5 Min Read

Matachines hold up decorated crosses to form a path for the clergy at the beginning of the Diocese of Phoenix’s annual Honor Your Mother outdoor Mass celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe between St. Mary’s Basilica and the Phoenix Convention Center Dec. 7, 2024. (OSV News/Tony Gutiérrez)

Percentage of U.S. Hispanic Catholics is declining, study shows

John Lavenburg|Mar 3, 2025|5 Min Read

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio celebrates Mass for immigrants and an end to racism Aug. 20 at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio. (CNS photo/Jordan McMorrough, Archdiocese of San Antonio)

Is Catholicism dying out among U.S. Hispanics? Latino Catholics weigh in

Peter Pinedo|Jul 15, 2024|7 Min Read

A file photo shows pilgrims making their way to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Millions of Mexicans made their way to the basilica to mark the Guadalupe feast day Dec. 12. The feast celebrates the appearance of Mary to the Indigenous Catholic St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in 1531 near present-day Mexico City. (OSV News/Felipe Courzo, Reuters)

Is the US church's Hispanic Catholic hope slipping away?

Hosffman Ospino|Sep 27, 2023|14 Min Read

El Paso

El Paso shooter receives 90 consecutive life sentences for racism-driven massacre

Gina Christian|Jul 7, 2023|3 Min Read

Catholic Schools

Why we need Hispanic teachers in Catholic schools

Hosffman Ospino|Jan 26, 2023|3 Min Read

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada), who is a strong supporter of legalized abortion, speaks in a campaign ad with a statue of Jesus and a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the background. (Screenshot from Twitter video via CNA)

Hispanic voters loom large in pivotal 2022 midterm races

Edie Heipel|Oct 24, 2022|8 Min Read

Father Luis Garcia is seen during a Mass of ordination to the priesthood at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston June 4, 2022. Father Garcia was one of two Hispanic and Latino priests ordained in Galveston-Houston this year. A new Hispanic Serra Club, the first to be established in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, will promote and inspire new vocations to the priesthood and religious life with a focus on Hispanic and Latino populations. It also is the first Hispanic Serra Club in the United States. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)

Growing need for Hispanic priests spurs new Spanish-speaking Serra Club

Jo Ann Zuniga|Jul 26, 2022|4 Min Read

Participants of the Raices y Alas gathering are seen near the U.S. Capitol in Washington April 27, 2022. (CNS photo/Martin Soros via USCCB)

Catholic immigration advocates push for reform on Capitol Hill

Rhina Guidos|Apr 29, 2022|4 Min Read

Members of the choir of Our Lady of Loretto Church in Hempstead, N.Y., sing during a Spanish-language Mass Sept. 6, 2021, at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y. The liturgy was part of the annual Labor Day Encuentro sponsored by the Hispanic Ministry and Evangelization office of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

With numbers growing in U.S., more Hispanics involved in church, community

Jo Ann Zuniga|Oct 20, 2021|4 Min Read

Hispanics pray outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Courthouse in Phoenix in this illustration photo. (CNS/Joshua Lott, Reuters via Crux)

Catholic youth and Hispanic vote not monolithic, panelists say

John Lavenburg|Dec 3, 2020|3 Min Read

Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio L. Elizondo and Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Arturo Cepeda concelebrate Mass Jan. 21, 2018, at St. Joseph Church in Jifna, West Bank. In a Sept. 15, 2020, statement marking the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S., Bishop Cepeda, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs, said the Catholic Church and U.S. society must acknowledge the historic and current contributions of Hispanic and Latino leadership in all spheres of church and society. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

Church, society should recognize leadership of Hispanics, Latinos, bishop says

Catholic News Service|Sep 17, 2020|3 Min Read

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