From Miami-To gauge how dramatically things have changed in the Latino community, look no further than the gold chain around Marisol Medina’s neck.
The necklace, which Medina’s devoutly Roman Catholic mother gave her, once held a cross – which has been replaced by a globe.
“It represents my shift from religion,” says Medina, “to the world, which I now believe in more than the cross or religion.”
Medina, a 24-year-old senior at Florida International University in Miami, was born in Colombia. She was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school. A generation ago, her renunciation of religion would have been rare for anyone of Latin American origin. The problem for the Catholic Church is that you really can’t call it rare anymore.
More here-
http://wlrn.org/post/why-so-many-latinos-are-leaving-catholicism-and-religion-altogether
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