"In the past century the Church has grown both extensively and intensively among English-speaking peoples.
Their living interests demand that they should have the means of informing themselves about this vast institution, which, whether they are Catholics or not, affects their fortunes and their destiny".

Today, at the turn of a new century and a new millenium, the same words could be said . . . but this time regarding the Spanish-speaking Catholics in the U.S.

In fact, Hispanics are the fastest growing minority in the U.S., and as much as the English-speaking Catholic immigrants of the beginning of the Twentieth Century, they are in great need of means to strengthen their faith in the midst of an environment dramatically different from the heavily Catholic one to which they are accustomed.

Although there are several Catholic encyclopedias available in Spanish, none of them has the extensive scope and thoroughness of the Catholic Encyclopedia. Moreover, these Spanish Catholic encyclopedias are in print form and very expensive.

None of them is available for free on the web.

Having signed an agreement with Kevin Knight and New Advent, ACI-PRENSA, a Catholic information Service in Latin America, has started the project of translating and updating

At the same time, it has started the task of creating an Appendix, which will include:

• Catholic personalities from the period after 1915.
  
  
• Significant Catholic and historical events occurred after that same date.
  
  
• Personalities, events or places relevant to the Spanish Speaking world.
  
  
• Saints and heroes of the Hispanic culture.
  
  
• New documents and key-changes in the Magisterium or the Discipline of the Church, such as the II Vatican Council, the most recent Encyclicals, the last Code of Cannon Law, the new Liturgical norms and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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