菲律宾天主教
菲律宾和东帝汶是亚洲仅有的两个天主教国家,也是世界第三大天主教国家(前两名分别是巴西和墨西哥)。
天主教徒占菲律宾人口的83%,占有绝对优势,从西班牙传入五百年来,天主教一直对菲律宾的政治和社会产生巨大影响。1986年总统马科斯和2001年埃斯特拉达被赶下台,以樞機辛海梅為首的菲律賓主教聯會(CBCP)都发挥了重要作用。
全国城乡各处遍布大小教堂和售卖天主教用品的店铺。菲律宾有四座巴洛克风格的天主教堂已列为世界文化遗产,分别坐落在马尼拉、圣玛丽亚、帕瓦伊和米亚高。菲律宾还拥有世界上最长的圣诞季,从12月16日开始。
外部連結
- Official website of the Catholic Church in the Philippines
- Rosario "Salinas", Cavite Information
- This article incorporates material from the U.S. Library of Congress and is available to the general public.
- On Religious Freedom in the Philippines by the U.S. Department of State (页面存档备份,存于)
- Library of Congress on Friatorcracy (页面存档备份,存于)
- The Catholic Church in the Philippines (页面存档备份,存于) by Giga-Catholic Information
- Official Website of the Diocese of Libmanan (页面存档备份,存于)
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