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Fr. Virgilio Elizondo is professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology and fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies and Kellogg Institute at University of Notre Dame. He has been a visiting professor at universities and pastoral institutes across the country and is widely regarded as the leading authority on US Latino religion. In 1997 he was awarded the Laetare Medal, the highest honor of the University of Notre Dame. Fr. Elizondo's publications include, among others, The Treasures of Guadalupe: Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United States (2006, co-edited with Timothy Matovina and Allan Figueroa Deck), San Fernando Cathedral: Soul of the City (1998, co-authored with Tim Matovina), Galilean Journey: The Mexican American Promise (2000), and The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet (2000).