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Sacred Heart Cathedral in the capital Harare. Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Zimbabwe, with Protestantism being its largest denomination. [2]According to the 2017 Inter Censal Demography Survey by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, 69.2 percent of Zimbabweans belong to Protestant Christianity, 8.0 percent are Catholic, in total 84.1 percent follow one of the ...
Christianity is the largest religion practiced in Zimbabwe, accounted for more than 84% of the population. [1] The arrival of Christianity dates back to the 16th century by Portuguese missionaries such as Fr. Gonsalo Da Silveira of the Roman Catholic Church.
Great Zimbabwe was a city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe, near Masvingo. It was settled from 1000 AD, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe from the 13th century.
The first official recognition of Mwari was by the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, whose most notable ruler was Monomotapa of the Kingdom of Mutapa. It is believed that this new addition to Shona religion was incorporated into Great Zimbabwe. [4] Mwari was frequently approached via mediums at shrines at Matonjeni in the Matopo Hills of Zimbabwe. [5]
Mbalazi, Chrispin; Mushishi, Clifford; Ramokhoro, Litelu J. (2000). "Religion and National Space: Defining National Sacred Space in Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Zambia". Journal for the Study of Religion. 13 (1/2): 123– 141. JSTOR 24764044. Mwandayi, Canisius (2011). Death and After-life Rituals in the eyes of the Shona.
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Zimbabwe is a Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a small minority. Due to the secular nature of Zimbabwe's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. Islam is the religion of less than 1 percent of the population of Zimbabwe. [1]
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the 2017 Inter Censal Demography Survey by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency 8.0% of the population of Zimbabwe were Roman Catholic ; overall, 84% of the country had a Christian background.