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According to the Catholic Church in Haiti, the 10 dioceses of the two ecclesiastical provinces of Haiti include 251 parishes and about 1,500 Christian rural communities. The local clergy has 400 diocesan priests and 300 seminarians. There are also 1,300 religious missionary priests belonging to more than 70 religious order and fraternities.
Vodou is the common spelling for the religion among scholars, in official Haitian Creole orthography, and by the United States Library of Congress. [58] Some scholars prefer the spellings Vodoun , Voudoun , or Vodun , [ 59 ] while in French the spellings vaudou [ 60 ] or vaudoux also appear. [ 61 ]
Although the Catholic religion remained the official religion of Haiti, Haitian slaves especially began to incorporate their own cultural and spiritual practices into the Catholic religion. [5] Under several laws established around 1685, Catholic practices amongst African slaves (such as baptism and teachings of doctrines) were enforced. [2]
Haiti was first colonized by the Spanish, who later abandoned the island's western portion. That region came under French influence after 1630, and was formally recognized as the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1697. Under French rule, Roman Catholicism was the sole legal religion, though African slaves frequently practiced vodou. Slaves ...
Haiti religion-related lists (1 C, 1 P) + Haitian people by religion (4 C) C. Christianity in Haiti (5 C, 4 P) E. Religious education in Haiti (1 C) F.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince pleaded for the release of six nuns kidnapped last week and demanded that Haiti’s government crack down on gang violence, in a ...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It's been a terrifying week for the people of Haiti, where gun battles between gangs and the police have gripped the capital, Port-au-Prince, and left bodies laying ...