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Same Sex Marriage's Success In Latin America : Same Sex Marriage's Success In Latin America . Brazil is poised to be the third country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, following Argentina and Uruguay. How have machismo and Catholicism made room for legal recognition of gay rights? Otros geolocalizaciones

Catholicism on the decline in Latin America  - Catholicism continues to lose believers to Protestantism in Latin America despite the fact that the current pope comes from the region, although there are still 425 million Catholics there, almost 40 percent of the world total.

As Catholicism declines in Latin America and US, parishes still count on Latino growth - The share of Catholic believers is dropping in the U.S. and in Latin America, and young people are the most likely to leave, according to Pew ...

Catholicism in Latin America  - Only Brazil, another South American country , has a larger number of Catholic adherents at over 120 million accounting for over 60% of the population.

Brazil cardinal suggests church look to Latin America for new pope ... : Catholicism in Latin America is “lively and dynamic,” Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis said Sunday, suggesting that the church look to Latin America for leadership. Damasceno is one of the the 117 “cardinal electors” that will ...

Pope should urge greater freedom in Cuba : Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of the island's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, it is timed to help revive interest in Catholicism in one of Latin America's less devout countries and to draw followers to the church.

New Pew survey shows Latin Americans leaving Catholicism  - Increasing numbers of Catholics in Latin America are ... Some Central American countries and Uruguay now have almost as many ...

On Eve of Conclave, Latin American Catholics Hope for One of their Own to ... : Not only is Latin America seen as the future of the Catholic church, it is also perceived as a Catholic bedrock that needs support to counter the tremendous growth of Protestantism. The threat is particularly strong in Brazil, where Catholicism fell ...

Brazilian Catholics pray pope will renew region's faith Even though Latin America is home to 39% of the world's Catholics, turning the tide toward Catholicism won't be easy in some countries . The number of Latin Americans identifying themselves as Catholic has fallen to 72% in 2010 from 90% a century ...

Brazilian Man Walks 2000 Miles To See The Pope Meanwhile, the evangelical population increased from 15 percent to 22 percent in the same time period. These numbers reflect a movement taking place all over Latin America, as more and more people are leaving Catholicism to pursue other beliefs.

Looked at internationally, what's the status of church polices on gays ? -  Latin America . Add in Catholicism and Orthodoxy, and the vast majority of the world's Christians belong to churches that have always opposed gay  ...

The End of the Christian Right Catholicism has held its own only because the Church keeps gathering in newcomers from Latin America , Africa, and Asia, few of whom are likely to show up at a Santorum rally. To their surprise, Putnam and Campbell discovered that conservative preachers ...