Keeping the Faith

Many of the films we viewed delved into the topic of religion, and how it often attempts to put cultural/society behavior in a box. I found this article interesting about Catholism's slipping hold in Brazil, and how Pope Benedict XVI, and even John Paul II have had issues with Brazil even though it is the country with the largest population of Catholics.


SAO PAULO, Brazil - Pope Benedict XVI is heading to the world's most populous Roman Catholic country at time when evangelical Christians are packing converted storefronts and cavernous churches every Sunday, thrusting their Bibles in the air.

Benedict will try to halt that wave of Protestant fervor during his first trip to Brazil. Aiming to energize its more than 120 million Catholics, Benedict will canonize the country's first native saint, hold Masses that could attract millions and open a conference of Latin American bishops in the holy shrine of Aparecida.

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