RITA NEWS ARTICLES INDEX
Information about religion in
Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula and Europe
LATIN AMERICA
Latin American Evangelicals: Made in Whose
Image?
(Ruth Melkonian-Hoover and Dennis R.
Hoover: Gordon College Stillpoint, 2008)
Latin American Voters Not Toeing Catholic Line
(Hilary Burke: June 6, 2006)
Indigenous Peoples Divided by Faith
(Diego Cevallos: May 8, 2005)
In Latin America, A
Religious Turf War
(Henry Chu: April 15, 2005)
Latin America:
Evangelical Christianity Moves the Masses --
A Report from Venezuela
(Jose Orozco: December 8, 2004)
Catholic Church Loosing Followers in Droves
(Diego Cevallos: October 21, 2004)
Shopping Around:
Questions about Latin American Conversions
(Edward L. Cleary: April 2004)
ARGENTINA
Roman Catholic Church faces "dirty
war" Accusations
(Alexei Barrionuevo: September 17, 2007)
BRAZIL
Brazil's evangelical movement
has become
a major social, political force
(Jack Chang: September 27, 2006)
Brazil's Catholics Decrease as
Evangelicals Rise
(Spero News: November 15, 2005)
Brazil's Priests Use Song and
Dance
To Stem Catholic Church's Decline
(Monte Reel: April 14, 2005)
Brasil: Cambio de Religion
(ICPress.org: July 15, 2003)
COSTA RICA
The Strange Case of
Catholic Charismatic Priest Minor Calvo:
Accused of Fraud and Murder
(Wikipedia article, 18 December 2007)
Costa Rican Priest Adquitted in Murder Trial
But Convicted of Fraud
(Reuters Alertnet, 20 December 2007)
Three Sentenced for Journalist's Murder
(Costa Rica Blogs, 20 December 2007)
Padre
Minor condemned for Fraud
but Absolved of Murder Charges
(21 December 2007)
CUBA
New House Church Restrictions Go Into Effect in Cuba
(Compass Direct: September 29, 2005)
MEXICO
Did Mexican cardinal know of
abuse claims against priest?
(Kevin G. Hall: September 5, 2007)
One Faith Fits All -- Or Else!
(Hector Tobar: December 15, 2005)
Catholic Church's
Influence Wanes in Mexico
(Mary Jordon: April 5, 2005)
Islam Gains Toehold in Mexico
(Alistair Bell: January 25, 2005)
Mennonites
in Mexico Battle Temptations
(Sam Quiñones: October 24, 2004)
Iglesia Universal del Reino de
Dios en Mexico, Primera Parte
Iglesia Universal del Reino de
Dios en Mexico, Segunda Parte
Traditional Healers put
Coke to the Test
(Teresa Bordon, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, April 2004)
The "Santa Muerte" Cult
in Mexico
(Susan Ferriss: March 9, 2004)
Protestantism and modernity: the
implications
of religious change in contemporary rural Oaxaca
(Toomas Gross, 2003)
A War of Witches in Mexico
(A book review by Chas Clifton, Summer
1996)
PUERTO RICO
Explosion of New Independent Churches on the Island
(Latin American and Caribbean News
Agency: November 8, 2005)
USA
The World comes to Georgia, and an Old Church Adapts
(Warren
St. John, The New York Times: September 27, 2007)
Los
Angeles and San Diego Roman Catholic Dioceses
Settle Sex Abuse Claims in 2007
Evangelicals Fear Loss of their Teenagers
(Loria Goodstein, The New York Times:
October 6, 2006)
Latino Catholics Increasing Drawn to
Pentecostalism
(Sonya Geis, The Washington Post: April
30, 2006)
Bush's Gains Broad Based: Religion and the Presidential
Vote, 2004
(The Pew Research Center: December 6,
2004)
Paul Crouch Controversy - Los Angeles Times
(William Lobdell: September 12,
2004)
Paul Crouch Controversy - Christianity Today
(Ted Olsen: September 13, 2004)
The Boston Globe Spotlight
Investigation:
Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic
Church
Sacerdotes y el Abuso Sexual de Minores
(Oscar Colorado, sin fecha: www.encuentra.com)
SPAIN
The
Weird and the Wonderful: Witchcraft in Spain
(Ian Frewer, Expatica, March 2005)
Sectas
Satanicas en España se organizan
(sin fecha, Mundo Misterioso)
Santeria, vudu y candomble en España
(sin
fecha, Mundo Misterioso)
EUROPE
Europeans Stray from Catholicism
(Tom Hundley:
April 13, 2005)
Decline of Catholicism in Belgium
"troubling," Pope Says
(CWNews.com: November 24,
2003)
Changing Attitudes of
Ireland's Catholics
(Peter Gould:
March 6, 2001)
Religion in the Emerald Tiger
(Andrew Greeley, America,
2001)