Abandonment, Mexican-Style
Yet again, another fruit of Vatican II

from McClatchy Newspapers; (Emphasis mine) As Mexico's Catholics look elsewhere, evangelicals gain

For hundreds of years, religion in Mexico has meant the stained glass windows and kneeling worship of the city's large Roman Catholic cathedrals. Change has come to Mexico, however: Evangelical Protestantism has taken firm hold in the soil of the world's second largest Catholic country.

In 1950, 98 percent of the population of Mexico was Catholic, compared with 87 percent of the nation's 110 million people today, according to the national census. Some experts also think that these numbers don't reflect the true population of evangelical Christians, because in cities such as Mexico City, people are reluctant to say they've deviated from their traditional family values.

Evangelical Christians are defined by their personal commitment to Christ and their strict following of the Bible above all else. The faith is growing most quickly in rural areas such as Chiapas, Mexico's poor southernmost state, which borders Guatemala. In Latin American countries such as Guatemala that once were virtually all Catholic, evangelical populations have reached an estimated 25 percent.

Patricia Patino, a 23-year-old who was playing volleyball with her friends, said the [Protestant] church was becoming more popular because it paid attention not only to religion but also to the needs of the people.

"From what I can see, there are many differences in the evangelical church and the Catholic Church," she said. "Evangelical churches are becoming more popular because the Mexican people are seeing that the church is really helping people in need and pushing people to finding the word of God, something that isn't as prevalent in Catholic churches."Ambiguity, watered-down theology, insipid drivel. Yeah... Vatican II was such a success.