Roving priests attend to Spanish Mass needs on Long Island, New York

“Every Sunday, the Rev. Orlando Cardona gathers the notes for his sermon and a stack of religious periodicals and gets in his minivan to begin his circuit of the East End’s Roman Catholic parishes.

Cardona, who is known as Padre Orlando to his parishioners, is a welcome face to a burgeoning Latino community eager to hear Mass in Spanish. Even as there is a shortage of Catholic priests, there is an even more critical shortage of Spanish-speaking priests to serve the growing community.”

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