Hispanics increasingly find Islam across the Americas
Ibrahim Gonzalez, Puerto Rican born in New York, rejects conversion but reverts to Islam and helps form Alianza Islamica. Hispanic Muslims, now estimated up to 60,000 in the United States, emerge from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain and Latin America with groups like PIEDAD expanding outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibrahim Gonzalez
Spain
American Muslim Council
U.S
Gonzalez
Islamic Center
Alianza Islamica
Hein
Melissa Morales
Tempe
Ariz
Jose Padilla
United States
New York
Padilla
Abdullah al Muhajir
Juan Galvan
Texas
Dawah Organization
Galvan
Benjamin Perez
San Francisco
Perez Mahamah
Oakland
Calif
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Central
South America
Bishops address new sex abuse policy
Cardinal Edward Egan urged parishioners to accept the new guidelines as bishops return to their pulpits after a Dallas conference approved measures requiring reporting of abuse allegations and expanding lay oversight. Critics push for defrocking. Vatican scrutiny remains uncertain amid ongoing splits between U S leadership and Holy See.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Egan
Egan
U.S
St. Charles Parish
Staten Island
Dallas
Anthony Bevilacqua
Philadelphia
Bevilacqua
St. Denis
Havertown
Vatican
Wilton Gregory
Gregory
United States
NBC
Meet the Press
New Mexico
Michael Sheehan
Archdiocese of
Santa Fe
Cardinal Edward Egan
Obituary notices for Patsy Byrd and John Lucas in Roswell
Memorial services scheduled for Patsy Ann Byrd 67 of Roswell at Country Club Road Church of Christ on June 18. Surviving family includes husband Larry, children Marla and Lori, grandchildren, and great grandchildren with memorials to cancer society or hospice. John R. Lucas 86 of Roswell: funeral June 18 at Ballard Funeral Chapel with burial at South Park Cemetery. Surviving children and grandchildren listed. arrangements with Ballard Funeral Home. Roy Lee Hobbs 69 of Roswell: graveside services June 18 at South Park Cemetery. survivors include wife Betty Jean, children and siblings. retired district manager for Allsup's. Roswell resident since 1944. Arrangements with LaGrone Funeral Chapel and Crematory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Ann Byrd
Country Club Road Church of Christ
Roswell
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Elton Dilbeck
Country Club Church of Christ
Patsy
Sweetwater
Texas
Mike
Myrtle
Mulder) Browning
Larry Byrd
Tammy
Montana
Marla Gonzales
Steve
Charles Browning
Ingrid
Lori
Jacob Morales
Dawn
Doug Wilson
Dusty Gonzales
Kayla Gonzales
Misty Kay Wilson
Daniele Wilson
Karlee Morales
Jasmine Morales
Extension Club
U.S. West
American Cancer Society
S. Pennsylvania Ave
N. Richardson Ave
John R. Lucas
Ballard
Bill Jones
South Park Cemetery
John
Wanette
Okla
David Roland Lucas
Winnie LaDora de Jarnette
Katherine Wright
Marnel Mae McCullem
Louise Miller
LaDora Lucas
Lucas
Lucas Farms
Stephen L. Lucas
Carol
Highland
N.C
David S. Lucas
Carolyn
Tucker, Ga
Lawrence R. Lucas
Susan
Capitan
W. Eugene Goode
Linda
Grand Prairie
Jim S. Goode
Mary
Dallas
Lee Hobbs
Roy Lee Hobbs
Odessa
Tommy Williams
Church of Christ In
Wink
Roy
Stratford
Roy Lee Hobbs Sr
Elsie Griffin Hobbs
Betty Jean Burton
Robert Lee Hobbs
Nancy
Plainview
Ark
Charles Roy Hobbs
Boyd Wayne Hobbs
Angela
Alamogordo
Sharon Kaye Williams
Edward
Robinson, Ill
Cleo Surles
Covington
Sybil Strother
Oklahoma City
Jackie McQuade
Greenfield
Ind
Church of Christ
Allsup's
Roswell High
Goddard Quarterback Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Islamic Society of North America
Chicago
Khadijah Rivera
Benjamin Perez Mahomah
Claudia Hein
Bolivia
Somerville
N.J
AP Photi
Boston
Bernard Law
Holy Cross Cathedral
William H. Roche
Stephen Lewis
Lynn
Mass
God
Angel
LaGrone
Raymond A. Lackey
Tom Green
David Miller
Ballard Funeral Home
U.S. West Dispatcher
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!