Burkina Faso in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:30 pm
Burkina Faso was long considered an example of peaceful coexistence between religions. In this country in western Africa, just over 60% of the 20 million inhabitants are Muslims, while around...
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Mauritania in 2019
June 18, 2020, 12:28 pm
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania in northwest Africa has a population of about 4.3 million and is one of the poorest countries in the world. Since the 1970s, the desert...
Chile
June 18, 2020, 12:26 pm
Official figures claim that two-thirds of the 17.9 million Chileans are Catholic. However, according to recent surveys, the percentage is actually much lower at just 45%. But many faithful are...
Haiti in 2019
June 18, 2020, 12:25 pm
Haiti is considered to be the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Natural disasters such as the devastating earthquake of 2010 or Hurricane Matthew in 2016 repeatedly cause severe devastation....
Peru in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:24 pm
In the third largest country in South America, the majority of the 32 million Peruvians belong to indigenous tribes – Catholics form what is by far the largest religious denomination...
Brazil in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:23 pm
The coronavirus pandemic hit Brazil with full force last year. Even though President Bolsonaro repeatedly played down the dangers of the virus, the statistics reflect a catastrophic development: At the...
Venezuela in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:22 pm
Venezuela is facing a crisis that is unprecedented in recent history: the country, once well developed, was driven into the economic abyss by hyperinflation and corruption under President Maduro. Meanwhile,...
Nicaragua in 2019
June 18, 2020, 12:22 pm
The people in the “land of a thousand volcanoes” have always lived with the risk that the earth could open up or erupt at any moment. In a figurative sense,...
Asia / Oceania
June 18, 2020, 12:20 pm
In many parts of Asia and Oceania, poverty and natural disasters complicate the lives of the population and thus also the work of the Church. Across the area, rural exodus...