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As a child in Guatemala, Mr. Chilín attended Mass every Sunday. But after immigrating to the United States 25 years ago, he and his family lost the churchgoing habit. “We pray to God when we feel the need to,” he said, “but when we come here to America we don’t feel the need.”
-- Laurie Goodstein for The New York Times
Ms. Gooodstein is reporting on a trend for immigrant Hispanics to become more secular, which seems a healthful thing to me.
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As a child in Guatemala, Mr. Chilín attended Mass every Sunday. But after immigrating to the United States 25 years ago, he and his family lost the churchgoing habit. “We pray to God when we feel the need to,” he said, “but when we come here to America we don’t feel the need.”
-- Laurie Goodstein for The New York Times
Ms. Gooodstein is reporting on a trend for immigrant Hispanics to become more secular, which seems a healthful thing to me.
