Abstract

XXIst Century Hispanic America has seen important changes in the world of religious faiths and practices. All along XXth Century a minority of Hispanic Americans have found new spiritual identities. Nevertheless, in spite that Religious Liberty has been consecrated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the burden of a Roman Catholic institution that carries a strong historical presence and is identified with regional social identity has prevented full acceptance of this trait in Hispanic American societies, hindering the full -fledged acceptance of this fundamental Human Right.