Timothy Matovina
Department of Theology
Professor
- Latino Catholics
- Catholicism in the United States
Matovina in the News
The Conversation
March 13, 2026
By Timothy Matovina, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame.
National Catholic Reporter
December 14, 2022
Timothy Matovina, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame who focuses on Latino Catholics, said that many Latinos "almost act sometimes as if the Eucharist is reserved for the most holy. You'll hear people say, 'Well, my parents were divorced, so I can't receive Communion,' which of course is not true."
Los Angeles Times
December 03, 2021
“I suspect the sisters need to take up the matter with their fellow Dominican sisters who are their elected leaders,” said Timothy Matovina, a Catholic theology professor at the University of Notre Dame.
The Hill
June 23, 2021
鈥淎mong younger generations, the longer people spend in this country, the more support there is for abortion and other kinds of issues that tend to fall more on the Democratic side of the political spectrum. While in general Latinos are more firmly aligned with Catholic teaching, that tends to diminish the longer they are in the United States,鈥� said Timothy Matovina, Latino and theology expert at the University of Notre Dame.