IV asked emirs of Tunis, Ceuta and Bugia to permit Lope and Franciscian friars to look after the Christians in those regions. He thanked the Caliph al-Sa'id for granting protection to the Christians and requested to allow them to create fortresses along the shores, but the Caliph rejected this request. García Peréz was the archdeacon of Morocco during 1250s, but the local church was unable to support him and he had to depend on the Castilian church. Before the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta, Franciscans were established there. A document dated 10 March 1413 shows that the Antipope John XXIII had chosen Aimary de Aurrilac as the bishop of Morocco in place of Fray Diego de Jerez. Modern era Another phase of Christianity in Africa began with the arrival of Portuguese in the 15th century. After the end of Reconquista, the Christian Portuguese and Spanish captured many ports in North Africa. The bishopric of Marrakesh continued to exist until the late 16th century and was borne by the suffragans of Seville. Juan de Prado who had attempted to re-establish the mission was killed in 1631. A Franciscan monastery built in 1637 was destroyed in 1659 after the downfall of the Saadi dynasty. A small Franciscan chapel and monastery in the mellah of the city existed until the 18th century. The growth of Catholicism in the region after the French conquest was built on European colonizers and settlers, and these immigrants and most of their descendants left when the countries of the region became independent. Africa has the world's third largest Catholic population today, after the Americas and Europe. Nearly 1 out of every 5 (19.2%) is Catholic. The Pew Research Center expects the number of African Christians south of the Sahara, including Catholics, to double by 2050. To many Africans today, in the rise of independence and the support from the church, the Catholic Church has distanced itself from its colonial past. To become an institution associated with sociopolitical reform, education and health care, it will take time to release those negative views. This is an important and necessary change, for Africans to gain trust and an open mind towards Christianity. In Mozambique, Catholics are 30.3% of the population, the country's largest religious group, surpassing many indigenous practices. Muslims, In Mauritius, at 27.2%, Catholics take second place to Hindus but they still outnumber Muslims. In Madagascar, they come in third at