1.   An advocate of liberation theology, he was determined to stop the expansion of Protestant sects that have made Chiapas the least Catholic state in the nation.

2.   As abolitionists pray for the slaves, they carry crucifixes, which no Protestant sect did.

3.   Church officials fear that some newcomers will drift away from the Catholic Church or to Protestant sects working hard to reach Latinos.

4.   Competing for converts, many Protestant sects roundly denounced traditional African religious rites as the work of the devil.

5.   Some Protestant sects still do not display the cross . . . .

6.   The family was also deeply religious and belonged to the Plymouth Brethren, a fundamentalist Protestant sect.

7.   Throughout the Reformation much of Germany and Switzerland were convulsed by religious strife between Catholics and Protestants and in turn among Protestant sects.

8.   Uprooted from their historic milieu, large numbers of Maya have also embraced evangelical Protestant sects, which frown on the colorful displays and pagan symbolism characteristic of huipiles.

9.   He also urged Catholics to more vigorously defend their faith against Protestant sects that have made inroads in Latin America.

10.   He also urged Catholics to a more vigorous defense of their faith against Protestant sects that have made inroads in Latin America.