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Geraldo Rivera: Viva el Papa Francisco

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    Fox's Geraldo Rivera on the new pope.

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Well let's talk about what happened this week and that is that the new Pope was elected a -- -- -- about pop up as -- -- it really is a stunning development for the church Latin America is the home really modern day a Roman catholicism.

40% of all Catholics are Spanish speaking.

So this election about Pope Francis really is a major major.

Event.

Now.

It comes at a time when the church is really in crisis in the new world the Catholic Church -- it is throughout the world that there is a shrinking market share.

Here specifically might there is a very good example.

My dad one of seventeen children was a deacon in the Catholic church and what I lived in Puerto -- the summer I turned sixteen years old 100 presented his vast and extended family some of them -- that -- you visited -- recently -- -- You know 100% -- -- but over the decades for various reasons that be happy to explain.

There has been an erosion of people who are -- this still.

Very devout Christians but now most of the outages are -- that hostile evangelical.

Christians like my favorite cousin Lily up in the Bronx she's a well known Pentecostal minister out there they have -- evangelical.

Born again kind of christianity over catholicism and we know you're liking -- cousins is gonna.

Other top ten cousins had I I'd probably let I don't you know harmony because I have over 101 -- a referendum -- -- you -- you Rhode island city I.

Wow I.

All the air war but I don't want -- -- -- think about the way this Pope is turning now going back and it is built of -- stay that does not want to be -- is humility.

His modesty is it and in gross contrast to what the church has done in Latin America over the last five centuries -- they have embraced military regimes they have sided with the -- oppressive governments.

Undemocratic governments over the flock over the people that's one of the things that accelerated.

This move from catholicism.

To other forms of -- -- -- christianity.

Now the church is now would set out to embrace evangelical catholicism.

Much more hands on charismatic.

Much more serving the poor this is the perfect man to symbolize.

That transition back to the good old days when the church embrace that -- rather than embracing the the decadent.

Powerful governments that Oprah -- and he's officially installed on Tuesday and you'll see you right here -- seeing all of his wing it here on the Fox News you have but I've been up on -- Ambien -- we are well -- translator.

Up to -- -- chips and some call Rick Sanchez Elena --

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