In spite of its size and influence, the recent decades has faced number of significant challenges, from membership to shortage of priests to continuing revelations that some Catholic clergy abused minors and that their superiors covered up these actions.. ..…

Although prominent Cubans subscribed to the concept of independence, and there were even some isolated attempts to achieve it, Cuba’s national liberation movement would appear a half-century later than in the rest of Spanish America. . ..…

this report uses released Pew Research survey data to examine U.S public attitudes toward immigration, changes in the characteristics of recently arrived immigrants and paint portrait of the historical and 2013 foreign-born populations.. ..…

But the immigrant share among each of Hispanic origin groups is in decline, according to Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. ..…

Yet identification with Catholicism has declined throughout the region, beliefs and practices 18 countries and one U.S territory across Latin America and Caribbean.. ..…

Pew Research Center survey of Latin American countries and U.S territory of Puerto Rico asked people from Mexico to Argentina about their affiliation, beliefs and practices. ..…