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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Evangelicals]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Evangelical churches are expanding: there are twice as many as twenty years ago]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/evangelical-churches-are-expanding-there-are-twice-as-many-as-twenty-years-ago_1_5544090.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/523edba0-78da-4fe6-b271-2e915d941f9b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Evangelical or Protestant churches in Catalonia have more than doubled in the last two decades. While there were 341 in 2004, last year ended with 889 places of worship, according to the count by the Directorate General of Religious Affairs of the Department of Justice. Despite the rapid increase in spaces dedicated to this faith, the Barometer on Religiosity and the Management of its Diversity does not show a similarly significant increase in the population that identifies with this faith, which also has many branches, denominations, and internal currents. The latest data in Catalonia, from 2023, indicates that 3.6% of the population belongs to this faith. Sources consulted by ARA, including both experts and people involved in the evangelical movement, see different reasons behind this increase. The General Directorate of Religious Affairs attributes this to immigration from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and some Eastern European countries, but also points out that "part of the Catalan population may have been attracted to the more experiential and straightforward forms of evangelical worship." They cite the Roma population as an example.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laia Galià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:00:58 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[A woman attends evangelical services at the Elim center in Girona.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[In 2004 there were 341 centers of this cult in Catalonia, and last year there were 889.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Evangelical churches are growing in Latin America to the detriment of Catholicism.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/international/evangelical-churches-are-growing-in-latin-america-to-the-detriment-of-catholicism_1_5338591.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/3ad938ea-7567-487d-b59d-e0059f8d9292_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>A modern building in the middle of the residential neighborhood of Parque Chacabuco, in Buenos Aires, has its doors open on a Sunday afternoon. A variety of people gather—young people, older people, children, and teenagers—greeting each other, chatting, and hugging. It's just a few minutes before seven in the evening, when the meeting begins. On the black facade, there's an illuminated drawing of a bell and some letters that call it "Cathedral of Faith." It's an evangelical church.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Berta Reventós Meseguer]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:36:17 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Dome of a church in downtown Buenos Aires]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The belief in the daily miracle and the universal priesthood facilitate the expansion of this branch of Protestantism in the region.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[A leader of an evangelical community in Terrassa is being investigated for sexual assaults on minors]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/leader-of-an-evangelical-community-in-terrassa-is-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-minors_1_5291440.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/3a5d0702-8c6b-4afd-90ac-733772629968_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Two young people have reported a leader and monitor of an evangelical religious community in Terrassa, the Samaria Church, for allegedly having sexually assaulted them when they were minors. The complaint that has been made <em>The Newspaper</em> The ARA has had access to the information, which is also directed against another member of the same religious community, who allegedly sexually assaulted them when he was still a minor.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laia Galià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:18:37 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Terrassa Courts]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Another member is also being investigated for allegedly raping a complainant when he was still a minor.]]></subtitle>
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