abstract:Ospino is a town in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa. This town is the shire town of the Ospino Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 39,215.
"The present and future of Catholicism in America and the U.S. is pretty much linked to Hispanics, " said Hosffman Ospino, a religion professor at Boston College.
While some polling shows American Catholics overall feel the church is out of touch with their views, Hispanics tend to have strong ties to it, Mr. Ospino said.