Pope Francis delivers his homily during a Mass at Rio de Janeiro's Cathedral in Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Pope Francis on Saturday challenged bishops from around the world to get out of their churches and preach, and to have the courage to go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)
Pope Francis delivers his homily during a Mass at Rio de Janeiro's Cathedral in Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Pope Francis on Saturday challenged bishops from around the world to get out of their churches and preach, and to have the courage to go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)
Nuns watch bathers on Copacabana beach as they wait for a night vigil service with Pope Francis for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Francis will preside over an evening vigil service on Copacabana beach that is expected to draw more than 1 million young people. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this frame grab from video Pope Francis wears an indigenous feather hat given to him by representatives of one of Brazil's native tribes during a meeting at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Pope Francis is on the sixth day of his trip to Brazil where he will attend the 2013 World Youth Day in Rio. (AP Photo/TV Pool)
A bishop watches a live video of Pope Francis on his tablet as he waits for Francis to arrive for a meeting with Brazilian cardinals and bishops at St Joaquim Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Pope Francis took his message to shake up the Catholic Church to bishops from around the world on Saturday, challenging them to get out of their churches and go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful and preach. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Francis waves to people from his popemobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Pope Francis on Saturday challenged bishops from around the world to get out of their churches and preach, and to have the courage to go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? Pope Francis has issued a sharp criticism of the Catholic Church's failure to keep its Latin American flock from straying to evangelical churches. He's challenging the region's bishops to be closer to their people to understand their problems and offer credible solutions.
During a luncheon with the region's bishops Saturday, Francis took a direct swipe at the "intellectual" message of the church that so characterized the pontificate of his predecessor, Benedict XVI. He said ordinary people simply don't understand such lofty ideas and need a simpler message of love, forgiveness and mercy.
He asked bishops to reflect on why millions of Catholics have left the church for charismatic Pentecostal congregations that have grown exponentially in recent decades.
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