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janegelb on 04 Oct 09Mexico City is facing a problem; there are not enough priests to handle the 2.5 million Catholics. The strict restrictions on Catholic priests are making it difficult to attract a younger generation of priests. Catholicism is also losing it's monopoly on Latin America, as between ten to thirty percent of the population identify as evangelical. The article argues that the Catholic Church must acknowledge these issues in order to have a chance of lasting in Latin America.