[Alex Murphy]

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website indicates that Hispanics account for 71 percent of the U.S. Catholic population growth since 1960. The bishops’ statistics say that nearly one-third of Catholics in the U.S. are Hispanic....

....at the CALL annual conference, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput seemed to have another view than that posed by Garcia-Tuñon. Chaput warned Hispanic leaders that the strength of Catholic culture among Latinos is weakening. In what appeared to be an address that focused on realities, Chaput said that U.S. Latinos are leaving the Catholic Church “at a sobering rate.” Similarly, he indicated that the abortion rate among Latinas is higher than the national average, and that Hispanic support for same-sex marriage increased from 31 percent in 2006 to 52 percent in 2012.

[BillyBoy]

>> Chaput warned Hispanic leaders that the strength of Catholic culture among Latinos is weakening. In what appeared to be an address that focused on realities, Chaput said that U.S. Latinos are leaving the Catholic Church “at a sobering rate.” Similarly, he indicated that the abortion rate among Latinas is higher than the national average, and that Hispanic support for same-sex marriage increased from 31 percent in 2006 to 52 percent in 2012. <<

Uh oh, GOP leaders aren't going to like that he's not drinking the kool-aid about Latinos being "devout, very religious Catholics" and "strong pro-family social conservatives"

[Catmom]

Advice to the Catholic church hierarchy in America: drop the social justice crap and stick to church teaching, regardless of ethnicity. If it could work with ethnic Catholics who emigrated from Europe 100 years ago, there’s no reason it can’t work with today’s Catholic immigrants. The only thing missing is the will to implement it.