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Excellent point.
Catholic or most any other education has little to no influence in every day life. From my experience having both lived and worked in Central America, it's symbolic. No one is meditating on God's Word for directing lives other than the prosperity Gospel that Pentecostalism offers. The overall culture bares that out.
And your take, if you know, on the Communist influence, regardless where it comes from, there, in education and the Catholic influence of old.
(I know the Marxists openly use the Church, today, but we never countered it then.)
We (USA) have not countered it, but for exercises in stopping the gun running, do you think?
I am remembering The Christero’s of Mexico, martyred Catholics themselves, against the Communist planted president in the 1920’s for the sake of the faith.
Good Christians should volunteer to help at the new tent cities. These immigrants should be given literature about the founding of America, our Constitution and how and why American Capitalism works.
Educate them, pray with them, give them the gospel then send them home.
That’s how we can change their home countries.
Even if that’s not possible, President Trump should use the military to educate them about how and why America works and encourage them to make their own country great when they return.
“the prosperity Gospel that Pentecostalism offers.”
True “Pentecostalism” does not preach nor follow a prosperity gospel.
Christians filled with the Holy Ghost follow the teachings of Jesus Christ: You cannot serve both God and mammon (money, material wealth).
The Apostle Paul continued the Lord’s teaching by warning the love of money is a root of evil. Paul also said those who would be rich fall in to many snares and temptations which drown the soul in perdition (I Timothy 6:9).
Just wanted you to know the REAL GOSPEL of Jesus Christ does not preach getting rich or being prosperous with worldly riches. The Apostle Paul acknowledged there were some wealthy people who had become Christians and admonished them to be rich in good works.
There may be some false preachers in Honduras telling people otherwise. But the true, dedicated Holy Ghost filled Christians will follow what the Lord Jesus Christ said and also the doctrines of the Apostles as clearly written in the New Testament. As Christians we are not to strive to be wealthy or rich. This is a clear teaching from the Apostle Paul. Doesn’t mean we are to be in poverty and never able to pay our bills—Paul makes it clear we are to work. God will supply our needs. But never is it taught in the entire New Testament that we are to pursue vast wealth and seek to become rich.