Brazil is the world's largest Roman Catholic country, at least nominally.
Now the court's decision and the judge's statement have complicated the question of changing the law in this predominantly Roman Catholic country.
Argentina, for much of its history and including the present day, has been an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country.
The Government in that predominantly Roman Catholic country had no comment.
Abortion is illegal in this nominally Roman Catholic country.
Spain, being a Roman Catholic country, set aside certain days to remember particular saints with processions and celebrations.
Lithuania is the northernmost predominantly Roman Catholic country in the world.
In large part that is because of their special position in this predominantly Roman Catholic country.
But the measure has stirred a vicious debate and shaken this heavily Roman Catholic country to its roots.
The women emphasized that the measure's provisions could not be forced on this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country.