4. Saints (and Dios) Preserve Us
Popular culture would also have us believe that Hispanic and Irish people are not just fervently religious across the board, but a lot more magical and mystical than any other folks. Why else would Irish mothers rub those rosaries so raw, and Latinas be able to predict otherwise unforeseeable doom so precisely, in just about every movie and television show? While it’s true that Irish and Hispanic cultures have a long standing association with Catholicism, this association is as diverse as the cultures themselves, and not limited to blind zealotry—Hispanics and the Irish are also at the forefront of pushing the Church to move forward in more progressive ways.
