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Latino Catholic leaders head to border for teach-in and public action
From the article:
About 300 Latino Catholic theologians and activists will hold a teach-in in El Paso, Texas, this weekend (Oct. 11-13) on immigration reform, organizing around the 2020 U.S. Census and undermining white supremacy....
While the church has long helped asylum-seekers and undocumented immigrants through ministry and prayer, Okinczyc-Cruz said he feels it could be more “prophetic” and “agitational.”...
“It’s an important fabric of life on the borderland. It makes sense to lean into our faith and to enter into the public square as people of faith,” she said. But identifying as “Latinx or allies of Latinx communities,” she said, allows Latino Catholics to explore “the role that we in 2019 have to play in the U.S. church.”
While the church has long helped asylum-seekers and undocumented immigrants through ministry and prayer, Okinczyc-Cruz said he feels it could be more “prophetic” and “agitational.”...
“It’s an important fabric of life on the borderland. It makes sense to lean into our faith and to enter into the public square as people of faith,” she said. But identifying as “Latinx or allies of Latinx communities,” she said, allows Latino Catholics to explore “the role that we in 2019 have to play in the U.S. church.”
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/10/10/latino-catholic-leaders-head-to-border-for-teach-in-and-public-action/