Pope Benedict arrived in Brazil on wednesday. People came from all over South America to greet him. His main concern in the region is the growth of Protestant Evangelical Churchs.
On the plane from Rome, Benedict said the exodus of Catholics for evangelical Protestant churches in Latin America was "our biggest worry."
But he said that the spread of Protestantism shows a "thirst for God" in the region and that he intends to lay down a strategy to answer that call when he meets with bishops from throughout Latin America in a once-a-decade meeting in the shrine city of Aparecida near Sao Paulo.
It will be interesting to see how this chief concern for loosing members reflects in the policies of the church in the region. The Pope's hard right stand on abortion and the policies of some Mexican regions will be of interest.
The Pope said that church law demanded the excommunication of any doctors, nurses, politicians who took part in abortion any part of providing abortions. That law does not seem to be enforced in the United States.
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