Pope to Visit 'Pentecostalized' Brazil

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When Pope Benedict XVI lands in São Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport on May 9, he will encounter a religious landscape very different from the one that confronted his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, on his first visit to Brazil in 1980. Unlike in Europe, where the majority of former Catholics have become secular, many in Brazil are turning to pentecostalism. In fact, it's not far-fetched to say that Christianity in Brazil and other Latin American countries is becoming "pentecostalized."

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