In Iraq, other soldiers often asked Darnell Emanuel to speak to God on their behalf. He hadn't expected this. Emanuel was an Army combat engineer, not a chaplain.

Catholicism in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade, while a growing percentage of adults identify as religiously unaffiliated, describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular.

Surveys by the Pew Research Center find the Catholic population in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade Catholicism in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade, while a growing percentage of adults identify as religiously unaffiliated, describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular.