 The sounds of tango that normally bring back memories of home tonight brought Latin Americans at Rumba Cafe a sense of pride Where Catholic images mount the walls Customers of this small cafe in DC fill the tables Harmoniously awaiting the arrival of their first American Pope On his first visit to America the Pope will conduct the mass in his native tongue in Spanish But it doesn't stop there. He also requested from the choir to sing some of his favorite tango music during the mass Through laughter Dean Chester Gillis attests to the Pope's widely beloved knack for being well casual. I think it's it's refreshing It's yes, it'll be a formal liturgy and they'll be all the wonderful liturgical music But there'll also be something cultural here that that breaks them old a little bit Dean Gillis is on the board at the Cara Research Institute where they just released the most recent data on cultural diversity in the Catholic Church in the U.S. Catholicism would be flat or declining in the United States without the Hispanic population He's very partial to that community and he's partial to the immigrant community in general almost everywhere He goes and certainly he will be in the United States and a big portion of that immigrant community is Latino Latina community here They have someone who's a native Spanish speaker who is Latin who has one of their own Leading the universal church. It's a huge huge event for them for Argentinians and Latinos alike It seems that this visit is hitting very close to home reporting from Washington. I'm Christina Gallardo