Brazil: Catholic church fights for faithful lost to evangelicals Celebrations in Latin America after the election of the first Pope from the region can’t hide the fact that millions of Latin Americans have left the Catholic church in recent years for evangelical groups. It’s estimated the Catholic church lost 15 million regular worshippers in Brazil alone between 2000 and 2010, many of them to evangelical churches. Catholicism is now trying to win them back – by copying some of the evangelicals’ style. A natural sound AFPTV report.