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U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (C), and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (L) share a moment at a news conference on immigration reform April 18, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Advocates criticize Senate immigration bill

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Advocates are criticizing bipartisan immigration legislation pending in the Senate, complaining that it erects undue barriers to citizenship … Read More

Break your Lenten fast with our round up of deliciously sweet Latin desserts.

Holy Week recipes: Latin sweets

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Lent is coming to an end, meaning for many, a return to sweet desserts given up in observance of the 46 days leading up to Easter Sunday. That’s right: if you … Read More

Celebrate National Paella Day with a very special recipe from esteemed Spanish chef José Andrés.

Celebrate National Paella Day with Chef José Andrés

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Latin cooks have made an art of creating sophisticated, flavorful one-pot meals from humble ingredients. In Mexico, pinto beans stewed with fragrant white onion … Read More

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Los Angeles Catholics hope new pope unites Latinos all over the world

By Jonathan Lloyd, KNBC, Pasadena, California

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez celebrated Mass with the faithful Wednesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles as a cheering crowd in St. Peter's … Read More

Mexican Catholics hold a flag outside the Vatican.

Latin America welcomes Argentinian Pope Francis I

By Nina Terrero and Sandra Lilley

Seventy-three percent of Latin America is Catholic.  The 432 million Catholics in Latin American account for more than 39 percent of the world’s Catholic … Read More

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Poll: Latinos leaving Catholic church

By Diana Guevara, KNSD, San Diego, California

San Diego residents tell NBC San Diego reporter Diana Guevara why they left the Catholic faith. … Read More

As Latinos reacted to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, many talked about what the Latino community wants from the next pope. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Poll: Latinos becoming less Catholic, drawn to other faiths

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Hispanic Catholics may be waiting in anticipation hoping the new Pope is Latino but a new Gallup poll says U.S. Hispanics are actually leaving the Catholic … Read More

A Latino family prays inside the Streets of Destiny Church June 22, 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Opinion: Latinos are the Holy Grail of the religious right

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

What do Evangelicals, Catholics, and Mormons all have in common?  And no, this is not the beginning of a joke. The growth of all three faiths is being … Read More

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¡ASK A MEXICAN! on lower Latino birthrates and on the movie “For Greater Glory”

By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican: Can you please tell me something? How do you think it’s fair that all the people that come to our country and stay get treated far better than … Read More

A procession featuring traditional Mexican heritage celebrates the end of a Mexico to New York relay race called “Carrera Antorcha Guadalupana 2012,” on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

[PHOTOS] Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations all over the world

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Millions of Catholic Mexicans paid homage to the Virgin of Guadalupe across North America today to observe the day when, legend has it, Juan Diego opened his … Read More