Embracing ailing brethren – AIDS outreach on rise at Latino churches – Chicago

“Sanchez is part of an emerging core of Latino pastors in Chicago who are becoming more involved in HIV education and prevention by planning special church services, providing free testing, forming support groups and offering spiritual care. Though many Latino churches initially were reluctant to respond to the AIDS epidemic, a new study of Latino congregations in Chicago found that more clergy have become involved, many of them motivated by a connection to someone with AIDS or by receiving pastoral training.

The study, released this month by the University of Notre Dames Institute for Latino Studies, was based on extensive interviews with 175 Roman Catholic priests and Protestant pastors in Chicago who lead congregations where Hispanics constitute a majority.”

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