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The Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of bishops in Vietnam who are in communion with the Pope in Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines, India, China and Indonesia.
According to estimates by the Pew Research Center in 2010, most of the Vietnamese people practiced (exclusively) folk religions (45.3%). A total of 16.4% of the population were Buddhists ( Mahayana ), 8.2% were Christian, and about 30% were unaffiliated to any religion. [4]
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Jan 31, 2014 · This article surveys the situation of Christianity in Vietnam since the fall of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) to the Communist North Vietnam in April 1975.
- Peter C. Phan
- 2014
Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations further east, south or north. The term does not describe a single communion or religious denomination.
Dec 14, 2023 · The Continued Survival of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church in Vietnam continues to survive due to three factors: (1) the clever diplomatic skills of local church leaders, (2) the loyalty of the laity to the mainstream Church, and (3) the fortune of history.
The article examines the development of the Catholic Church in Vietnam, from the 17th Century to the 20th Century, based on reports published by the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (M.E.P.) who contributed to the evangelization of many Asian countries.
Aug 27, 2023 · In these spiritual activities, Vietnamese ethnic groups’ forms of beliefs could be classified as five types: (i) Ancestor worship (clan, clan, nation); (ii) Village god worship; (iii) Life cycle beliefs (birth, marriage, funerals, worship of the dead) ; (iv) Occupational beliefs; and (v) God worship beliefs.
