The Roman Catholic Church was
the
majority
religion
in Honduras, central
America, and is officially recognised by the
government. But it has now been overtaken
by evangelicals.
A new survey shows that 43.2% of the
population identify themselves as evangelical
Christians while just 38.2% call themselves
Catholics. 13% of Hondurans say they do
not belong to any religious denomination.
Honduras
is a country with
religious
freedom; everyone is free to practise whatever
religion they wish, so long as it does not
contravene public order and other laws.
Vietnam: 100 kg of pork
to practice Christianity
Open Doors
A Christian family from northern Vietnam
has been made to pay their community
US$90 and 100kg of pork (the equivalent
of four month’s wages) to avoid further
persecution from their animist neighbours.
The man, 40, his wife and four children
converted
to Christianity
last
summer,
whereupon they were harassed by the local
authorities and villagers. When they refused
to deny their faith, Lohn was beaten and
their Christian literature was confiscated.
The villagers said the money and the meat
would serve as an offering ‘to appease the gods of the village’.
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