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August 10, 2010

AP: Poll: Young Hispanics less likely to be Catholic

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Trevor Tompson
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A name like Maria or Jose isn't a solid clue anymore that the person who answers to it will worship in a Catholic church on Sundays.

An Associated Press-Univision poll finds that younger Latinos, as well as those who speak more English than Spanish, are much less likely to identify as Catholics than older Hispanics who mostly speak Spanish.

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