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26 APRIL 2005 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman goes to a Catholic mass in the Chumalan Indian community of Bautista Chico near San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The Catholic Church in the Chiapas highlands is facing a threat from evangelical Protestant churches, which are experiencing explosive growth, and from "traditionalist" Catholic churches, which are not affiliated with the San Cristobal diocese and are controlled by local politicians and powerful indigenous leaders affiliated with the politicians. The traditionalists burn down churches and chapels affiliated with the diocese, threaten the priests and put indigenous men who worship with the diocese in jail. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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26 APRIL 2005 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman goes to a Catholic mass in the Chumalan Indian community of Bautista Chico near San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The Catholic Church in the Chiapas highlands is facing a threat from evangelical Protestant churches, which are experiencing explosive growth, and from "traditionalist" Catholic churches, which are not affiliated with the San Cristobal diocese and are controlled by local politicians and powerful indigenous leaders affiliated with the politicians. The traditionalists burn down churches and chapels affiliated with the diocese, threaten the priests and put indigenous men who worship with the diocese in jail. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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