Religion

By: The GoAbroad Team
Posted on: Philippines, People and Culture

Philippines is the only catholic country in the Southeast Asia. Roman Catholic is the predominant religion in the country. Terms like, Catholic, Christianity are interchangeably used to mean the religion Roman Catholic. Down south of the Philippines is Mindanao, dominated by the Muslims while Islam is their official religion. Other than that, a growing number of religions are burgeoning like;

* Protestantism
* Seventh-day Adventist Church
* Aglipayanism
* Iglesia Ni Cristo
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
* Judaism
* Sikhism and Hinduism
* Atheism and Agnosticism

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