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In the first edition of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories,” Flannery O’Connor placed the following quote from St. Cyril of Jerusalem at the front of her book: “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the father of souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.”
I encountered this dragon recently online.
Nearly half of all Catholics in the U.S. today are Hispanic, but more and more are leaving the Church
Nearly half of all Catholics in the U.S. today are Hispanic, but more and more are leaving the ChurchThe trend is clear. As the Hispanic population grows quickly and steadily in the United States, fewer Hispanics self-identify with Roman Catholicism.
Nearly 63 million Hispanic people live in our country. On April 13, the Pew Research Center reported that about 43% of all Hispanic adults in the U.S. self-identify as Catholic.