By Clara Fox – AngelusNews.com – Photo: CNS photo/Robert Duncan.
Photo: Leaders in ministry to U.S. Hispanic Catholics stand in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in 2016 with the Encuentro cross.
Latino Catholics are ready to assume greater leadership roles in the Church — a fact that was on display at the Pasadena Convention Center Jan. 27, where some 1,000 Latino Catholics gathered as the Archdiocese of Los Angeles kicked off the V Encuentro (Quinto Encuentro).