<P> In relation to mission, Pope Benedict XVI has made the re-evangelization of Europe and North America a priority in his own ministry, even while the upper leadership of the Roman Catholic hierarchy and the college of cardinals has more members from Latin America, Africa, and Asia than ever before . </P> <P> Key documents on mission for Catholics during this period are Evangelii nuntiandi by Pope Paul VI and Redemptoris missio by Pope John Paul II . </P> <P> Christian mission organisations have long depended on the printed word as a channel through which to do mission . At times when countries have been "closed" to Christians, great efforts have been made to smuggle Bibles and other literature into those countries . Brother Andrew, the founder of Open Doors, started smuggling Bibles into communist countries in the 1950s . Operation Mobilisation was established in 1957 by George Verwer . Other Christian publishers, such as Plough Publishing, provide free books to people in the UK and US as a form of mission . The Bible Society translates and prints Bibles, in an attempt to reach every country in the world . </P> <P> Objections to missionary work among isolated, indigenous populations involve the claim that the goal of mission is to Westernize them . Such claims have been raised by indigenous rights groups organizations, such as Friends of Peoples Close to Nature and Survival International . </P>

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