During his visit in Brazil Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the stringent problem of Roman Catholics joining different sects in Latin America. The pope said this is a consequence of “the lack of an evangelization completely centered on Christ and his Church.”

The pontiff blamed the issue on the lack of proper learning and veiledly accused the priests of failing to close the gap between many of the people and the Church. Sects that lure the faithful didn’t escape the anger of the sovereign who accused them of misdoings and carrying out an aggressive recruitment campaign.

"They are easily influenced because their faith is weak, confused, easily shaken and naive, despite their innate religiosity," the pope said in front of bishops gathered at the Sao Paolo cathedral.

The pontiff brought into discussion once more the problem of divorce and “extra-marital unions,” as he spoke Thursday to thousands of young people of the sinfulness of premarital sex.

Poverty was another subject that the sovereign underlined. Benedict urged the Church to stand by the poor and bring those who followed wrong paths on the right road in order to “build a society founded on justice and peace.”

Benedict will usher Sunday the fifth General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean, which has the problem of the exodus of Roman Catholics to Pentecostal churches on the agenda.