Burdick ctd..

"the vast majority of people who ask for prayer are Catholic women...Many Catholics observe that pentecostals appear to have more faith...which means that their prayers are stronger. The readily visiblie life-change...dedication to prayer...Many Catholics accept the /crentes/ critique of Catholicism as lacking conviction and discipline" contaminated by contact with ABR religions¹ (157)

Celibate priests seen not to understand about family life² (157)

CEBs--> people rarely talk about their domestic problems, if they do it is of other people and gossip causes discomfort³ (158) CEBs-->local cult....neighbourhood tensions means that "the fear of being judged by neighbours inhibits revealing domestic tensions within the local cult."⁴ (159)

Virgin Mary as a source of strength for many Catholic women to face domestic problems⁵ (160)

"But in the context of competition by cults of affliction that promise a change of life and social support through adversity, Marian devotion may begin to appear a weak alternative, especially for younger women who have had little experience of it."⁶ (161)

Ritual elements of nonliterate Catholicism where secret consultations were made, were suited to deal with domestic conflict. Yet these are in decline 1) Approach of Catholic hierarchy 2) loss of legitimacy in the face of evangelical criticism; 3) pressures of migration and urbanization⁷ (161)

"the most effective means Catholic women have for coping with domestic conflict in religious terms is to throw themselves into church work, either with or without their husbands."⁸

1J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 157.

2J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 157.

3J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 158.

4J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 159.

5J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 160.

6J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 161.

7J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 161.

8J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 161.