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Death, Mourning & the Afterlife Catholics & Cultures

WEBDeath, Mourning & the Afterlife. Beliefs and rituals about death, about burial or other forms of disposition of dead bodies, about the purpose of death and what happens to us after …

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Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

WEBOur Lady of Good Health in Bangalore, India, is home to a celebrated feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast draws hundreds of thousands of people. On the feast …

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Food & Fasting Catholics & Cultures

WEBEven though Christian norms for food are not as sharply and uniformly codified as in other faiths, Christians have used food and its associative practices in a wide variety of ways …

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Practices & Values Catholics & Cultures

WEBPractices & Values. Catholics of different countries and regions of the world practice and celebrate the faith in diverse ways. In some places in the world, people practice …

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Charismatic practice is a big force in Indian Catholic life

WEBCharismatic Catholicism has become highly visible in south India over the last decades. Church leaders argue that it has kept a large number of Catholics within the church who …

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Shrine and feast honoring Mary attract Indian Catholics and Hindus

WEBIt is home to a celebrated feast that culminates on September 8th each year, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The shrine features a basilica church where …

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Rev. Stan Chu Ilo Catholics & Cultures

WEBRev. Stan Chu Ilo is associate professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University and research professor for its Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, …

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Norway Catholics & Cultures

WEBCatholicism in Norway is a small minority faith in a country that still has an established state Lutheran church and high levels of religious affiliation, but low levels of religious …

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Dominican Republic Catholics & Cultures

WEB1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision. 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.; 4 …

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Honduras Catholics & Cultures

WEBGender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics. 78 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5. Fertility Rate. 2.33 births per adult woman 6. Children Who Do Not …

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Chile Catholics & Cultures

WEBChile. Though 72 percent of its population is Catholic, Chile looks at many times to be quite secular, and at other times quite Catholic. Spontaneous shrines, often markers of a …

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Tanzania Catholics & Cultures

WEBWithin a landscape that incorporates the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar, and Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania is also remarkable for the peaceful co-existence …

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India Catholics & Cultures

WEBIndia. While officially secular, India is one of the most publicly religious countries on the planet. Nearly 80% of the population is Hindu, and Hinduism has made the most evident and profound impact on the culture there. But India is extremely pluralistic, and its religious vibrancy – in all forms – is put on public view in vivid color.

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Philippines Catholics & Cultures

WEBThe third-largest Catholic population in the world is found in the Philippines, where Catholic practice is fervent and wide-ranging. The Philippines comprise more than 2,000 …

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Obando Feast of the Three Saints and Fertility Dance

WEBThe origins of the feast are uncertain. Obando has been the “town of three saints” since early in its history. Two saints, San Pascual Baylon and Santa Clara, reflect the …

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Kenya Catholics & Cultures

WEB1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. 2 United Nations, …

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Micronesia's island cultures weave faith and traditions in distinctive

WEBThe Federated States of Micronesia comprises more than 600 islands across a 2,700 km (1,700 mile) arc in the Western Pacific Ocean, organized in four states: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae.1 Though the vast majority of Micronesians identify as Christian (just over half the population identifies as Catholic), Christianity came late to these islands, …

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El Shaddai and the charismatic transformation of Philippine …

WEBEl Shaddai Fellowship Service, Manila, 2016. Observers of Catholic lay movements worldwide typically focus attention on European-centered lay movements founded in the …

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Pew survey on Christian attitudes and beliefs in Tanzania

WEBA survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, “Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa,” sheds light on a number of aspects Tanzanian …

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