Missionaries have been freed

[montana]

https://www.christianheadlines.com/c...96a2991a6cdb7fRemaining Kidnapped Missionaries Are Released by Haitian Gang: 'We Glorify God for Answered Prayer'

[Peter1469]

These people need to be more careful in deciding where to go.

[hanger4]

Reckon how much it cost ??

[Peter1469]

Reckon how much it cost ??

A lot of money I am sure.

[QuaseMarco]

Why were they there? I thought Haitians were Catholic.

[DGUtley]

Why were they there? I thought Haitians were Catholic.

Religion in Haiti according to the Pew Research Center (2010)
Roman Catholicism (56.8%)
Protestantism (29.6%)
Unaffiliated (10.6%)
Other (3%)

The CIA World Factbook reports that 2.1% of the population identifies its religion as Vodou, but adds that "many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism". The proportion of Haitians that practice Vodou is disputed, due to the often syncretic manner in which it is practiced alongside Catholicism, in spite of the Church's strong condemnation of it. Haitian Protestants are presumably less likely to practice Vodou, as their churches strongly denounce it as diabolical.

[Peter1469]

Religion in Haiti according to the Pew Research Center (2010)
Roman Catholicism (56.8%)
Protestantism (29.6%)
Unaffiliated (10.6%)
Other (3%)

The CIA World Factbook reports that 2.1% of the population identifies its religion as Vodou, but adds that "many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism". The proportion of Haitians that practice Vodou is disputed, due to the often syncretic manner in which it is practiced alongside Catholicism, in spite of the Church's strong condemnation of it. Haitian Protestants are presumably less likely to practice Vodou, as their churches strongly denounce it as diabolical.

Voodoo and Hoodoo were incorporated into Catholicism in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Africans would use Saints names for their gods, as one example, so they could go on worship their old religions in a white Catholic world. Some priests knew this was going on and approved of it.