Sri Lanka
June 18, 2020, 12:52 pm
About 70% of Sri Lanka’s 21 million inhabitants are Buddhists. Just under 13% are Hindus, 10% are Muslims and 7.4% are mainly Catholic Christians. A civil war raged in the...
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Philippines in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:51 pm
The Philippines is the only majority Christian country in Asia. More than 80% of the island nation’s 100 million inhabitants are Catholic. 2020 was also marked by the coronavirus pandemic...
Pakistan in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:50 pm
Of Pakistan’s approximately 207 million inhabitants, about 97% are Muslims. Religious minorities – including Christians, who make up 2% of the total population – are practically second-class citizens. They suffer...
India in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:50 pm
With more than 1.3 billion inhabitants, India is the country with the world’s largest population after China. Although the country has a rapidly growing economy, many regions are still plagued...
Kyrgyzstan in 2019
June 18, 2020, 12:49 pm
Kyrgyzstan was a Soviet republic until 1991. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country became independent. Only about 6.3 million people belonging to different ethnic groups live on...
Russia in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:48 pm
Like almost everywhere in the world, 2020 was marked by the coronavirus pandemic in Russia. There were also many infections among Church representatives. The Orthodox Church, in particular, suffered numerous...
Ukraine in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:47 pm
Of the approximately 44 million inhabitants of Ukraine, just under 10% are Catholics. The Catholic Church is represented here by two rites: the Roman Catholic and the Greek Catholic. Seventy...
Romania
June 18, 2020, 12:46 pm
Although Romania has been an EU member since 2007, the country is still marked by a weak economy, unemployment and corruption. The consequence: of the country’s 19.5 million inhabitants, many...
Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia
June 18, 2020, 12:41 pm
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia became independent in 1991 and have been members of the European Union since 2004. As the southernmost and largest...