Hispanic
Suspended UMC Latina bishop accused of financial malfeasance and retaliation
By Yonat Shimron — September 19, 2023
(RNS) — The trial of Bishop Minerva Carcaño is a first for a United Methodist bishop.
US Hispanic Protestant churches are young, growing and largely new to the country
By Alejandra Molina — January 30, 2023
(RNS) — 'We see more and more English-speaking churches either planting a Hispanic church or adding a service in Spanish to their current congregation,' said Giancarlo Montemayor with Lifeway Recursos.
Italian-American church in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Guatemala’ gets new lease on life
By Katherine Fung — April 10, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) — St. Finbar Catholic Church in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood is part of a larger national trend: The share of U.S. Catholics who are Hispanic has increased by 5 percentage points since 2007 to 34 percent and is expected to continue growing.
I can hear Jesus’ indignant response to the AGs who want to deport ‘Dreamers’
By Mark J. Seitz — July 3, 2017
EL PASO, Texas (RNS) The roles of the scribes and Pharisees are being played out again today in the campaign to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Hola, Papa Francisco! Hispanic Catholics shape US church
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 21, 2015
(RNS) The church in the U.S. is more than a third Hispanic -- a young and growing community that forms the face of the American Catholic future.
Millennials are the ‘don’t judge generation’ on sexual morality: Survey
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 27, 2015
(RNS) Most young adults hold views on moral issues that are a long way from what some major religions preach on issues such as abortion and contraception.
Hispanic Christians launch initiative to bolster minority student achievement
By Adelle M. Banks — September 4, 2014
(RNS) “We say that pastors and principals should meet," said Carlos Campo, chair of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference’s Hispanic Education Alliance.
Hispanic Catholics differ with evangelicals — and with the church
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Hispanic Catholics are less likely than evangelicals to attend weekly worship services, pray daily or take a literal view of the Bible, according to a new survey.
Survey: Hispanics like Pope Francis and the Democratic Party
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 27, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) Hot button issues with conservative Christians, such as abortion and same-sex marriage, are not as critical to Hispanics. Topping their list of critical issues: jobs and unemployment, health care costs and the quality of public schools.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Hispanic Protestants
By Sally Morrow — July 25, 2013
Most Hispanics in the U.S. still call themselves Catholic, but more and more are joining Protestant churches, especially the younger generation.
Dwindling Catholic schools see future in Latino students
By Aaron Schrank — February 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES (RNS) As the country’s fastest-growing population, Latinos now make up nearly 40 percent of all U.S. Catholics, but represent less than 14 percent of students at Catholic schools. Catholic leaders now tout Latino outreach as one answer to the schools’ problems.
New poll examines minorities’ views on social issues
By Lauren Markoe — July 26, 2012
(RNS) Compared to Hispanic Americans, black Americans are far more likely to believe abortion should be legal in most circumstances, even when they personally reject the procedure as immoral. By Lauren Markoe.
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