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Although Brazil still has more Catholics than any other country in the world, with about 125 million, the percentage of believers that practise the Vatican's brand of Christianity has been dropping rapidly in the last three decades. "The face of Christianity in Brazil, and all over the developing world, is increasingly Pentecostal," They belong to denominations such as the Assemblies of God and the Universal Church, which was started in a Rio de Janeiro funeral home in 1977 and now has more than two million members. Pentecostalism is especially strong in poor urban areas, where the precariousness of daily life - blackouts, violent crime, high unemployment - can make people seek divine intervention. "The language of evangelicals is simple, direct, with minimal theology, making it easily understood by the masses," |
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