OK; I hope that trend works out going forward. As a Catholic, I never expected Hispanics to spark any renaissance in the American Catholic Church; in my area many flock to their own storefront churches with married ministers. I don’t even know what denomination they claim.
In my experience Hispanics seem to embrace Catholicism when it provides an educational alternative to public schools for their children; the idea of giving their hard-earned money for any other reason to some guys living in a rectory doesn’t seem to go over well with them.
According to Pew, Mass attendance is the same for Hispanic and non Hispanic white Catholics, but religion is significantly more important to the Hispanic Catholics.
“Latino Catholics and white Catholics, however, report very similar levels of church attendance; 42% of each group say they attend church weekly.”
“There is also a 14-point gap between white, non-Hispanic Catholics and their Hispanic counterparts; 54% and 68%, respectively, say religion is very important in their lives.”