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How Pope Francis Hopes to Win 400 Million New Believers
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God is dead! Or at least that is what Nietzsche said, and it seems he was not entirely wrong in the case of Europe. Catholicism seems to be less and less attractive in the old continent and the Holy See is aware of this, so it is looking for a new religious epicenter, and it seems to have found it: Africa.
With generally unfavorable social and economic circumstances and a steadily increasing population, the presence of Catholicism seems to have broken through and gained enough momentum to continue to expand easily over the coming decades. But not before facing its internal demons and the challenges of Islam.
How is the Catholic Church extending its influence in Africa? What is Vatican diplomacy like? Is it possible that Europe is being replaced by another region of the world more open to Catholicism? Today we will tell you about it.
Interesting links:
Castien Maestro, Juan Ignacio. 2017. The religious factor in subSaharan Africa. Historical development and future prospects. In Peace, conflict and religion in the 21st century. A prospective vision. Working Paper 8/2017. Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies. At
Pozos Bravo, Sara Susana. 2017. The foreign policy of the Holy See and its influence on international human rights instrumentsreligious freedom and freedom of conscience. Complutense University of Madrid. At
Somavilla Rodríguez, Enrique. 2017. Vatican diplomacy and foreign policy of the Holy See. Institutional Studies vol. IV, 7119143. At
Supertino, Gaétan. 2023. "Is Africa the future of Catholicism (and will the next Pope be African)?". Le Monde. At
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