Resurgence of faith could counter culture of death
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Roman Catholics in the United States and in the West frequently are not aware of developments within the Church on other continents. In Asia and Africa, Catholicism is on the rise and maintains strong growth. From 2000 to 2006, the number of Catholics in Africa rose by almost 30 million.
In countries such as Nigeria, despite attacks on Catholic and other Christian churches, conversions to Catholicism are on the rise. Catholics in many countries in Africa are united against modern secularism and are attracted to the Church’s teaching on sexual morality, artificial contraception, homosexual behavior, chastity, traditional marriage and family and protection of the unborn.
Unlike the dissent that plagues the Church in Europe and America, Catholics in Africa embrace the teachings of the Church because they are in stark contrast to what Pope Benedict XVI has called the “toxic waste” of Western materialism, which many African Churches completely reject.
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