Evangelical churches advancing in Argentina, even in Francis former archdiocese

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The pastor's voice bellows through an old converted cinema in a rundown Buenos Aires barrio and hundreds of hands reach out in prayer. Though not a typical place of worship, Evangelical churches like this one are sprouting up all over Pope Francis' former archdiocese, as once staunchly Catholic Argentina battles an economic crisis that has plunged more than one-third of the nation into poverty. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
As the Catholic church became less involved with those holding power and more concerned with social justice, Evangelical churches began taking the role of supporting conservative sectors of society and right-wing governments. As the article pinpoints, Brazil is one of the countries where these religious -- and politically-oriented -- groups have taken hold, and their support was key for the election of ultra-rightist president Jair Bolsonaro.

As long as power is kept where it should be, means don't matter much.
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