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If almost every adult in Latin America started life as a Catholic, it’s not surprising that so few are converting to Catholicism, versus Protestantism. It’s like the Republican Party in ...
In recent years, Evangelical Protestant churches have attracted millions of followers in Latin America and moved from the margins of religious life into the mainstream. Over the last 20 years here ...
The rise of the far right in Latin America and the growth of Protestant churches are not separate trends, according to Israel Vilchez, director of Christian news outlet Cosmovision.cl.
Boaventura Kloppenburg, a Brazilian bishop. But the Protestant explosion in Latin America is not just about numbers. It is also about the transformation of an entire culture. Young people sitting ...
There is a new Protestant Reformation in Latin America. It must be seen to be appreciated. Whole new churches are emerging, or have already emerged, in this fascinating area. There are frequently ...
Vatican authorities, though, worry more about another crisis, one with potentially far graver implications for the church—the explosive growth of Protestant and Pentecostal numbers in what has always ...
A Colombian scholar assesses the state of the movement roughly 150 years after Protestant missionaries first arrived. In recent years, the growth of the evangelical movement in Latin America has ...
In Latin America, now home to half of the world's Catholic population, Catholicism is actually under siege. Dramatic Protestant gains have come mostly at Catholic expense, creating a historic ...
Latin America still has about 425 million Catholics ... According to Pew, the percentage of Catholic-born people flocking to Protestant churches has steadily grown in recent decades in nearly ...
The Pew Research Center says Protestants have increased from just 1% of the Latin American population at the start of the 20th century to nearly 20% by 2024. In contrast, the Catholic population ...