Roman Catholicism in Rwanda
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The Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda is part of the Roman Catholic Church.
There are just over five million Catholics in Rwanda - about half of the total population. The country is divided into nine dioceses including one archdiocese. The Rwandan government reported on November 1, 2006, that 56.5% of the Rwanda's population is Roman Catholic.[1]
Attendance in Catholic churches has decreased since the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Observers believe this is due to the participation of some Catholic priests in the genocide.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Rwanda. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ As of 2006, 1.7 percent of the population is Muslim; the increase was significant in terms of the number of Muslims in the community, but not in terms of their percentage of total Rwandan population. Robert Walke (2004-04-01). "Rwanda's religious reflections". BBC: The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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