From pulpit to turntables: Portugal's 'DJ Priest' brings his message to Latin America

Roman Catholic Priest Guilherme Peixoto DJs at a party organised at Laundos, a civil parish in Povoa do Varzim, northern Portugal in the summer of 2019. Jorge Fernando da Silva/Handout via REUTERS

MONTERREY, Mexico, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Under sweeping stage lights in Monterrey, Mexico, a packed dance floor pulses as a Catholic priest in a clerical collar raises one hand from the stage, electronic beats thundering through the hall.

Hundreds move in unison as Father Guilherme Peixoto looks out over the crowd - not from a pulpit, but from behind turntables.