Pope Benedict XVI summoned his bishops from across Latin America to Brazil’s holiest landmark on Sunday to enlist their help in keeping Catholicism the dominant religious force in the region. While Brazil is the church’s biggest stronghold on the planet, millions of Roman Catholics have joined evangelical Protestant churches in recent years, and the church’s moral code is challenged across Latin America by traditionally Catholic populations flouting its prohibitions on abortion, divorce and premarital sex. Full Story
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