Kris Ketz from Channel 9 covers a really interesting story: Northeast Area Catholic Churches Could See Changes . . . However, there's an aspect that went unreported, I've been in this kind of situation several times and what happens to these churches facing decreased membership because of a demographic shift is that a few people resent or have trouble dealing with the fact that the "complexion" of the neighborhood has changed so dramatically. Churches on the Northeast that cater to the Latino influx have experienced remarkable growth and very active membership, while the institutions that don't embrace their new Latino neighbors often flounder. Once again, even for religion, the real "truth" is that change is a constant.
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does La Raza tells the "truth"?
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ReplyDeleteGood point, I didn't see any Hispanics in that piece and the North East is at least a third Hispanic.
The real problem is the lack of priests not a shortage of Catholics in the area.
The Catholic church does have competition in the Hispanic community. There are a number of evagelical protestant hispanic churches in the area. One of them bought the old Polish Catholic Church on the corner of 18th and Ewing. This happened during the last round of downsizing by the Catholic church.
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