The Sleepwalkers - pg. 29

The words, "the pit," "the bottomless pit," came into Joachim's mind: why did this man keep on talking of religion and the Church? But before he could gather himself together to reply Bertrand had already noticed his astonishment: "Yes, you see, Europe had already become a pretty dubious field for the Church. But Africa, on the other hand! Hundreds of millions of souls as raw material for the Faith. And you can rest assured that a baptized negro is a better Christian than twenty Europeans. If the Catholics and the Protestants want to steal a march on each other for the winning of these fanatics it's very understandable; for there's where the future of their religion lies; there will be found the future warrior of the faith who will march out one day, burning and slaying in Christ's name, against a heather Europe sunk in corruption, to set at last, amid the smoking ruins of Rome, a black Pope on the throne of Peter."