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Old 02-09-2007, 23:42 PM   #14 (permalink)
Ironduke
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Originally Posted by zraver View Post
One interesting although modern quirk, is the resolute catholic orthodoxy (modified initally by local custom) of many of the former colonies. Latin America is a great case in point, geographically isolated from Rome yet it remains loyal.
Just popping in -- weekly attendance at the evangelical churches set up by American missionaries is greater than Roman Catholic church attendance in most Latin American countries -- most Latin Americans are nominally Catholic.
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