Don Emmert
Allison Reyes-Rodriguez speaks with a journalist during a media preview at Our Lady Queen of Angels School on Aug. 20, 2015, in New York City. Allison was among 24 Catholic school children who were selected to meet with Pope Francis during his Sept. 25, 2015, visit to New York.

Nearly half of U.S. Catholics are Hispanic — so why don’t more families send their children to Catholic schools? Expert Lucia Luzondo talks to Religious Freedom Matters.