The Francis Effect
The Francis Effect
Latin America's first pope, Argentine-born Francis I, has staked out a new inclusive appraoch, but he also reflects hopes and anxieties about the future of Catholicism in the region.
The Catholic Church has long dominated cultural life in Latin America, a region that accounts for 40 percent of the world’s Catholics. But although it remains the single largest church globally, over the last half century, Catholicism...
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