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February 8, 2010

A study on the Church’s ministry to Hispanics in the United States has found that regional and national organizations are lacking funds and consequently, personnel and planning.

February 2, 2010

Detroit bishop heading home to Texas – Daniel Flores to continue efforts to bond Latinos, non-Latinos

February 1, 2010

Treasure Coast Catholic churches swelling with Hispanic members – Florida

La Iglesia advierte riesgo de colapso en Cuba y pide reformas

1st Hispanic Baptist church celebrates 25th year – Lakewood Baptist Church in Gainesville, GA

January 27, 2010

What the Bible REALLY Says about Immigration

January 25, 2010

Latina Model Turned Singer Ticks the Religious With Billboard Mag Cover – Mayra Veronica

January 22, 2010

Hawaii Latino family called upon to assume leadership of Hispanic church – Jorge and Cuqui Torres

January 21, 2010

Dominicans celebrate the day of their patron saint Lady of La Altagracia today

January 19, 2010

Taking Daughter To Church May Violate Court Order – Dad Says Half-Jewish Child Should Be Exposed To Christianity, Too – Joseph Reyes in Chicago

January 18, 2010

Latino parishes waiting for new Catholic priests – Milwaukee

January 17, 2010

Catholic schools in Phoenix targeting Hispanics

January 13, 2010

Azteca America’s ‘Issues: Caras y Voces’ Presents Strategies by the Catholic Church to Promote Immigration Reform

January 11, 2010

Despite danger, El Paso Mormons cross border for temple

January 7, 2010

N.J. Latino pastor Rev. Miguel Rivera urges undocumented immigrants to boycott U.S. Census

Three kings holy day growing in popularity

North Philadelphia’s Latino Community Celebrates Three Kings

U.S. Catholic leaders want President Obama to make immigration reform a priority

January 5, 2010

Many Hispanics Ready to Embrace Three Kings Tradition

Galvanized by a national Hispanic evangelical group’s proposed U.S. Census boycott, a newly reactivated Rhode Island Hispanic clergy coalition is urging all immigrants to participate in Census 2010.

January 4, 2010

Hispanics flock to Pentecostal churches in Florida

December 18, 2009

Thousands of Cuban faithful on Thursday repeated their annual pilgrimage to the sanctuary of El Rincon, on the outskirts of Havana, bearing requests and offerings for “miraculous” St. Lazarus, who is revered on the island both by Catholics and by people who practice Santeria.

December 17, 2009

Latino Chanukah And My JewMinican Holidays

Walton Family Foundation Supports Hispanic Catholic Organization

December 16, 2009

NALEO Wants you to Know Joseph and Mary Got Themselves Counted. And so Should You

DIRECTV Launches Enlace TBN Christian Television – The Largest and Most Watched Spanish-Language Faith-Based Network in the World Now Available on DIRECTV America’s 24-Hour Spanish-Language Inspirational Network Offers Positive & Uplifting Entertainment

Hispanic leaders disagree over Christmas-themed census poster – Some evangelicals say Christmas theme is used inappropriately

December 15, 2009

National & Local Christian Leaders Support Principles In Gutierrez Bill – Christians For Comprehensive Immigration Reform Views New Legislation As Step In Right Direction

Mount Cristo Rey’s keeper happy to see family’s work come to fruition – Interview with Ruben Escandon Jr.’s

More than 6.1 million pilgrims visited the Basilica of Guadalupe on Friday and Saturday to mark the 478th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac – Set New Attendance Record for Feast Day Celebrations

The University of Notre Dame is part of a new national campaign seeking to enroll 1 million Hispanic students in Catholic schools within the next decade.

40% of the estimated 2.3 million Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago are Latino – less than 20% of the Catholic school population in Cook and Lake counties was Latino in the 2008-2009 school year

December 14, 2009

Fox Valley Hispanic community ends three-day celebration honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe – Wisconsin

Oklahoma City Hispanics celebrate feast day of Our Lady

¡No es Dios! Atheists Now Recruiting in Spanish

U.S. Hispanics and Catholics celebrated Our Lady of Guadalupe

Feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe – December 12th

Hispanic church sees dramatic growth in Joplin, MO

Only 3% of school-age Latinos attend Catholic schools in Denver

Task force studies how to boost Latino enrollment in Catholic schools in Denver

December 11, 2009

Sweeping changes in United States demographics are transforming the fundamental makeup of the Catholic Church, as the number of Catholic Hispanics continues to climb. – But is American Catholicism prepared for this new wave of parishioners? – That question was raised by a panel of experts on Dec. 10 at “Becoming Latino: The Transformation of U.S. Catholicism,” at Fordham University.

Second Annual Bilingual Mass to be Held at Chicago’s Federal Plaza

December 9, 2009

Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos (CHET) Celebrates 20 Years of Preparing Hispanic Leaders

Alavro Torres Debuts At #3 On Billboard’s Latin Christian Sales Chart

Pope names new bishop for Brownsville – Monsignor Daniel E. Flores

Today at 12 ET – Faith Leaders Announce Vigils to “Shine the Light” on Need for Immigration Reform

December 4, 2009

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Christmas event in Spanish opens today in North Salt Lake City – Staging ‘El Salvador del Mundo’ is a thrill for the performers

December 3, 2009

A coalition of Hispanic church ministers from Rhode Island has voted to support a national boycott of next year’s census. The Hispanic Ministerial Alliance of Rhode Island represents dozens of Latino evangelical churches

December 2, 2009

The director of Hispanic ministries for the Archdiocese of Portland likens a raunchy new Spanish-language television station in Portland to a cancer that can attack consciences. – Raúl Velázquez is talking about Estrella TV,

November 24, 2009

In El Salvador, a grim reflection, and a glimmer of hope – The president has bestowed the country’s highest honor on six Jesuit priests massacred 20 years ago, more evidence that peaceful change is possible, if slow to come.

Mexican Mennonites Impacted by Drug Violence

November 21, 2009

Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican

November 20, 2009

Pastor of America’s Preeminent Hispanic Congregation to Oversee Pentecostal Network

November 19, 2009

From the Bookshelves: And You Welcomed Me: Migration and Catholic Social Teaching

November 16, 2009

A new Roman Catholic bishop will officially take over the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese in January — and Hispanic parishioners at St. Adalbert in South Bend are excited.

November 13, 2009

Christians United for Israel formed an alliance with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. – The NHCLC claims to be America’s largest Hispanic evangelical organization, and CUFI is one of the largest Christian grassroots organizations in the country.

November 11, 2009

Internet users can now take a virtual pilgrimage on Spain’s Road to Santiago, or Way of St. James, thanks to Google’s Street View service.

November 10, 2009

Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media

Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows

November 4, 2009

El Salvador’s president says the country will award its highest honor to six Jesuit priests murdered by the army in 1989.

November 2, 2009

Hispanic community glows over milestone – Deacon Fernando Jiménez, first Mexican-born priest to be ordained in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Roman Catholic Diocese

October 28, 2009

Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago

October 17, 2009

Sacerdote cubanoamericano es nuevo obispo en Colorado – Fernando Isern

October 14, 2009

Thousands of Venezuelans congregated for candlelit rituals on a remote mountainside where adherents make an annual pilgrimage to pay homage to an indigenous goddess known as Maria Lionza.

October 12, 2009

No Samaritans Allowed: U.S. Prohibits Helping Migrants

October 9, 2009

NCLR Applauds the Inclusion of Faith Leaders at a A Senate Hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Several acclaimed Argentine writers presented a new work that uses the Bible as its starting point but takes creative liberties with some of the most widely read passages of that holy text.

The National Association of Evangelicals on Thursday (Oct. 8) endorsed comprehensive immigration reform, saying new policies should reflect “biblical grace to the stranger.”

October 5, 2009

About 150 Hispanic pastors and church members from across the city gathered for a spiritualistic precursor to Saturday’s meeting at the Convention Center. – San Antonio

October 2, 2009

African-American church welcomes growing local Hispanic community – Spanish language services sign of changing demographics – Maryland

September 30, 2009

Grupo anti-inmigrante ataca movimiento Judeo-Cristiano pro reforma inmigratoria tachándolos de ‘desconectados’

September 28, 2009

From the Pulpit, New Moves To Change Machismo Culture – Hispanic Evangelical Pastors Try to Instill Respect for Women and Families

September 24, 2009

Brooklyn family keeps Latino-Jewish traditions alive – Moshe and Chanaleah Nunez are Latino Jews who were raised in Christian homes

September 22, 2009

Hispanic Evangelicals Push Back on Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric in Health Care Debate, Label Exclusion as ‘Xenophobic Health Care Reform’

September 21, 2009

Quinceanera class readies girls for Catholic coming of age in Kalamazoo, MI

The Intersection Of Health Care And Immigration or an interview with Rev. Luis Cortes Jr.

September 15, 2009

Religious Leaders Face Deportation: Detention Reignites Churches’ Call for Immigration Reform

September 8, 2009

In a strange twist, police busted a Hispanic man for tossing a bottle and a piece of wood at parishioners of a Hispanic church in an area of Long Island long plagued by racial strife — and charged him with a hate crime. (wt!@$) Christhian Munguia Garcia

Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)

September 3, 2009

Assemblies of God Joins Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals

September 2, 2009

Police: Anti-Hispanic Notes Left at Suffolk Church – Long Island, NY

August 31, 2009

In the name of Dios: Mormon missionaries bring urban Hispanics, Catholics into the church

August 24, 2009

Hispanic churches combat attitudes of ‘machismo’ – Virginia

National Fellowship of Hispanic Churches of the Southern Baptist Convention at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Woman facing deportation remains at Simi church – 2 years later still there – California

August 18, 2009

Un grupo de feligreses hispanos impidió que un sacerdote oficiara la misa dominical en una iglesia católica de Carolina del Norte porque “no trata bien a los mexicanos”

August 17, 2009

Poor Catholic Latinos in Miami-Dade under siege with Diocese plan to close neighborhood churches

“Hispanic Karl Rove” Helps Shape Democratic Party “Centrist” Positions – Rev. Samuel Rodriguez

Llegan hoy a La Habana tres obispos de EEUU

August 16, 2009

New Resource for Priesthood Reaching Out to Community of Believers – Inaugural Dinner to Launch Families of Faith Foundation – August 29th Tucson, Arizona

August 11, 2009

Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals Identifies Seven Priorities for America’s Fastest Growing Religious Demographic

August 10, 2009

Argentine faithful pray for jobs as poverty soars

August 4, 2009

Assistant bishop says she’ll retire – Rt. Rev. Nedi Rivera – first Hispanic woman bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion

July 28, 2009

Nicaragua Abortion Ban Forces Rape, Incest Victims To Give Birth

July 23, 2009

Oral Roberts University officials signed an agreement Wednesday to become the exclusive educational partner of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.

July 15, 2009

West Palm Jews visit to aid brethren in Cuba – Cuba’s Jewish community is small in numbers, but South Florida Jews are trying to help sustain the religion in the island nation.

July 14, 2009

William Levy se convirtió a la religión católica

A San Antonio pastor was elected this week to head the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas. Victor Rodriguez, pastor of South San Filadelfia Baptist Churc

Young Hispanic LDS singles enjoy conference – Attendees learn about scholarships, marriage in various workshops

July 9, 2009

Barna Group Survey Shows How the Faith of America’s Hispanics Has Changed – Hispanics are assimilating the faith of the Caucasian population faster than anyone would have predicted