As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off in the United States, U.S. Catholic Latino leaders will complete a major step in achieving more open communication with the Vatican. The Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (CALL) will hand deliver a formal response to Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate – Charity in Truth this week. As far as it is known, there has never been a formal response to a papal encyclical by the laity, so this is a historic first.