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Vicente Del Real

Vicente Del Real is the founder and CEO of Iskali, a Catholic nonprofit dedicated to forming and empowering young Latino leaders. He writes from Chicago, where he leads Iskali's mission of faith, service and community.

How young Latino Catholics are renewing the Church this Lent

February 26, 2026
By Vicente Del Real
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, social media, Youth Ministry

Through testimony, these young adults are forming one another. They are building a culture of encounter. Lent reminds us that conversion often begins with listening. The Church must listen not only to Scripture and tradition, but also to the voices of how others are living the Gospel in today’s world.

‘It must be you’: A call to mission with young Latinos

January 20, 2026
By Vicente Del Real
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration

Although Latinos are one of the fastest growing populations in the country and make up a large portion of the young Catholic Church, nearly half of Latino young adults are leaving the faith.

Encountering Christ in neighbors facing detention, deportation and loss

December 7, 2025
By Vicente Del Real
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration

During Thanksgiving week, a group of 25 young adults from Iskali went into our neighborhoods carrying groceries, rosaries and a desire to draw close to families shaken by immigration detentions, deportations and loss.

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