Em resposta a Thiago Lino.

"With the election of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, the Catholic Church in the United States has an extraordinary opportunity to energize its flock. Much of the increase of Catholics in the U.S. is because of immigration from Latin America, where other Christian faiths and secularism are taking hold and where some are abandoning organized religion"

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/03/14/does-pope-franciss-election-signal-a-catholic-comeback-for-latin-america/evangelical-competition-is-not-just-a-latin-american-problem