read the Gospel in his native Tsotsil and echoed Francis’ call to defend human rights, justice, and care for Mother Earth.

A CIA military base was their home during the ‘Secret War’ in Laos. Now Hmong Americans can finally see it again. Deacon Juan Pérez Gómez helps tend to his small Tsotsil Catholic community ...

In a world that is so upside down these days we really need to count on our leadership and Elders to stand up for us, for mother earth and to make sure that there is a world in place for future ...

Catholic and Mayan symbols mingled at the altar as Pérez Gómez, 57, read the Gospel in his native Tsotsil and echoed Francis’ call to defend human rights, justice, and care for Mother Earth.