Among US Latinos, Catholicism still largest faith – poll
New York, USAP Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. Those are among the key findings in a comprehensive report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center that surveyed 7,647 US adults from 1st to 14th August […]
Abuse conviction aftermath: Will La Luz Del Mundo persist with leader behind bars?
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on what experts are saying about the future of the La Luz del Mundo church following the jailing of its leader…
A Mexican American evangelical examines how Latino identity is shaped by faith
RNS By any definition of the term, Jonathan Calvillo, a Mexican American raised in Pentecostal churches, is an evangelical Christian. But when discussing his faith, Calvillo will often simply describe himself as Protestant, or say he’s from a Pentecostal background. Other times, he’ll use the Spanish word evangelico. “Evangelical,” said Calvillo, a sociology of religion professor […]
Latino Protestants more conservative, supportive of Trump than Latino Catholics, poll finds
RNS Latino voters this election season were instrumental in helping flip the state of Arizona blue for the first time since 1996, but in Florida and Texas more Latinos than expected voted for President Donald Trump. Faith affiliation has emerged as one explanation for this political divide among Latino Americans. “Religion is the largest demographic […]
US election – How Trump’s strong play for Hispanic evangelicals helped him stun Biden in Florida
Washington DC, USRNS Democrats agonising over Joe Biden’s dramatic under-performance in Florida, a state that many wrongly projected would end up in the former Vice President’s column, have begun looking at why Hispanic voters, a majority of the population of Miami-Dade County, went soft on Biden in the Sunshine State and elsewhere. One answer, said Rev Gabriel […]
A dissenting Catholic community in California helps Latinos cope with COVID-19’s disparities
Los Angeles, USRNS The Most Rev Ángel Velandia stood outside the home of a member of his congregation who had been battling cancer, praying the rosary for her and for the wellbeing of others struggling with COVID-19. As he concluded the 40-minute prayer session, Velandia looked into the camera that was streaming it live on […]
Latino Catholic leaders head to US-Mexico border for teach-in and public action
RNS About 300 Latino Catholic theologians and activists will hold a teach-in in El Paso, Texas, this weekend (11th to 13th October) on immigration reform, organising around the 2020 US Census and undermining white supremacy. “We felt that there’s something profoundly important right now about the need for Latinx Catholics, in particular, to be on the […]
IMMIGRATION: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN CATHOLICS TO UNITE IN MASS FOR IMMIGRANTS
ALEJANDRA MOLINA reports for Religion News Service…
ESSAY: IN THE US, EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE RACIALLY DIVERSE – AND HOLD DIVERSE VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION
In an article first published on The Conversation ahead of this week US midterm elections, JANELLE WONG, of the University of Maryland, explores what’s behind the growing diversity among views of US evangelicals on issues like immigration…