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For Latino Catholics, Quinceañera provides lessons on faith

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Posted on: January 3rd, 2008
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“An elaborate coming-of-age ritual for Hispanic girls on their 15th birthday, the has long been divisive in the U.S. Catholic Church, where it’s viewed as either an exercise in excess or a great opportunity to send a message about faith and sexual responsibility.

The latter view won an important endorsement last summer, when the Vatican approved a new set of prayers for U.S. dioceses called Bendición al cumplir quince años, or Order for the Blessing on the Fifteenth Birthday.

Consider it an acknowledgment of the changing face of American Catholicism. Hispanics account for nearly 40 percent of the nation’s 65 million Catholics and 71 percent of new U.S. Catholics since 1960, studies show.”*

*From: http://www.nydailynews.com
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