With Benedict XVI replacing John-Paul II as head of the Catholic religion he may be asking himself what is the state of the church that he has inheirited?

From Lourdes to Cape Town, from Rio de Janeiro to Manila, for five years
Abbas travelled the lands of Catholics, looking at their religious practices
as well as their rituals, suggesting some of the problems soon to be facing the
new Pope.

This essay is part of a larger project published as a book which can be
visualised on Photographers/Abbas :

VOYAGE EN CHRETIENTES, De la Martinière, Paris
FACES OF CHRISTIANITY, A.Abrams, New York
GLAUBE-LIEBE-HOFFNUNG...