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A new study from the Pew Research Center found that while Catholicism remains the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, the number of Latinos who identify as Catholic has declined by 24% since 2010, with the biggest decline seen among young Latinos born in the country. The Washington, DC-based think tank on April 13 released a survey of 7,647 American adults conducted between Aug. 1–14, 2022. According to the study, 43% of Latinos identify as Catholic, a number much lower than the 67% recorded in 2010. The situation is worse among younger Latinos. Of US-born Latinos between the ages of 18 and 29, 49% say they have no religious affiliation and only 30% say they are Catholic. Despite the discouraging numbers, the Pew Research Center survey says that Latinos are still “twice as likely as American adults overall to identify as Catholic and considerably less likely to identify as Protestant.”
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254116/almost-half-of-latinos-born-in-the-us-have-abandoned-religion-study-reveals
A pro-life pregnancy center in Bowling Green, Ohio, was vandalized with “Jane’s Revenge” pro-abortion graffiti on Saturday. The vandalism of Bowling Green Pregnancy Center, also known as HerChoice, is the 62nd pro-abortion attack on a pro-life pregnancy center since May 2022. The attacks began after a leak from the US Supreme Court indicated that the justices were poised to overturn Roe v Wade. The words “Liars,” “Fake clinic,” “Jane’s Revenge,” “Fund abortion,” and “Abort God,” were scrawled across the clinic in blue paint. A photo shows people cleaning the graffiti off in the aftermath.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254117/ohio-pregnancy-center-vandalized-in-jane-s-revenge-attack
A federal judge granted a pro-life health care clinic a temporary exemption from Colorado’s first-in-the-nation ban on the abortion pill reversal regimen after the clinic filed a lawsuit soon after the measure took effect. US District Court Judge Daniel Domenico said in his injunction Sunday that the new law, which was part of a three-bill package expanding abortion in the state that was signed by Gov. Jared Polis on Friday, “burdens their own First Amendment rights.” The plaintiff, Bella Health and Wellness, a pro-life, Catholic-founded nonprofit health care clinic that provides abortion pill reversal with a progesterone treatment, challenged the law on Friday. Progesterone counteracts the effects of the abortion pill mifepristone. Domenico barred the enforcement of the new law against Bella but not against other providers of the reversal regimen, the Colorado Sun reported.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254114/colorado-judge-exempts-pro-life-clinic-from-states-ban-on-abortion-pill-reversal-therapy
Today the Church celebrates Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin, a Canadian woman whose life was a story of obedience in the face of personal setbacks.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/blessed-marie-anne-blondin-440