R.
Andrew Chesnut is the Bishop Walter F. Sullivan chair in Catholic Studies
at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of Competitive
Spirits: Latin America's New Religious Economy.
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Andrew Chesnut
Pope Francis celebrates the Easter mass on March 31, 2013 at the Vatican. Pope Francis prepared to lead his first Easter Sunday celebrations with tens of thousands of people expected in St Peter's Square for a mass marking the holiest day in the Christian calendar. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI,ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
