Católicos Cochinos: The Ongoing Saga Of Catholic Child Abuse

Católicos Cochinos: The Ongoing Saga Of Catholic Child Abuse

Mary Mata February 22, 2011

I was raised Catholic, although I’m not going to say I’m hard core about it, there’s a lot that I like about being culturally affiliated with this Church. There’s the […]

NewsTaco To Go: Foreclosures, Toyota, PATRIOT Act, Roosters and Catholics

Mary Mata February 9, 2011

There’s some heavy stuff in your NewsTaco To Go this morning — foreclosures are up, cockfighting and the PATRIOT Act — then there’s a Catholic app and relief that Toyota’s […]

New Latino Christians Could Swing Latino Vote For GOP

Mary Mata February 4, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This story was written by the Texas Observer’s Michael May and published Dec. 20, 2010 and is reproduced here as part of our partnership with the magazine.] Praying […]

John Paul II To Be Beautified, Abuelitas Rejoice

Mary Mata January 14, 2011

Mexican Catholics, especially the ones that love the Virgen de Guadalupe, love Pope John Paul II — who is going to be beatification on May 1. This means that he […]

Loving La Virgen de Gudalupe

Mary Mata December 12, 2010

You have to love La Virgen de la Guadalupe — even if you’re not Catholic. She’s a singular, ubiquitous and unifying image for all Latinos that I know, and while everyone feels […]

Obama Loves La Virgen

Mary Mata October 4, 2010

During a recent trip to Spain First Lady Michelle Obama told the priest in charge at the Casa Don Bosco in Ronda that President Barack Obama, “always carries a picture […]