How Latin America Saved the Soul of the Catholic Church

Download or read book How Latin America Saved the Soul of the Catholic Church written by Edward L. Cleary and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book challenges the widely held beliefs that the Catholic Church in Latin America is under siege and that Catholicism is steadily losing ground to Pentecostalism. In marked contrast to the churches of North America and Europe, the Catholic Church in Latin America enjoys remarkable vitality and a high level of confidence. Since the 1960s the church has been undergoing a spiritual transformation, with a 400 percent increase in clergy, religious, and a corps of laity, many of whom serve as its 1.1 million religious catechists.