Poll: Young Hispanics less likely to be Catholic
By admin • Aug 11th, 2010 • Category: Faith ReportWASHINGTON (AP) _ An Associated Press-Univision poll finds that younger Latinos in the U.S., and those who speak more English than Spanish, are much less likely to identify as Catholics than older Hispanics who mostly speak Spanish. And a growing number worship in evangelical or Pentecostal churches.
Overall, 62 percent of Hispanics identify as Catholic, but that includes only 55 percent of young adults 18 to 29, compared with 80 percent of elders 65 and over.
One-third of respondents said they consider themselves born again or evangelical.
The poll found that Hispanic Protestants are twice as likely to attend weekly services, and they tend to be more conservative than Latino Catholics on matters of religious doctrine and social morality.
