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Vatican reaches out in Latin America : Latin America accounts for 40 per cent of the world's 1.2bn Catholics, and if temporal concerns such as majority-voting have any sway over the cardinals' conclave, the next pope would certainly come from the region. Brazil and Mexico together account ...

Vatican reaches out in Latin America - The Washington Post Continent has 40 percent of world's Catholics but is less of a 'growth market' for church than it appears.