Religion in Palau
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Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion in Palau; approximately 65 percent of the population are members.[1] Estimates of other religious groups with a sizable membership include the Evangelical Church, 2,000; Seventh-day Adventists, 1,000; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), 300; and Jehovah's Witnesses, 90.[1] Modekngei, which embraces both animist and Christian beliefs and is unique to the country, has approximately 1,800 adherents.[1] There also is a small group of Bangladeshi Muslims and a primarily Catholic Filipino expatriate community of 6,800 persons.[1]
Since the arrival of Jesuit priests in the early nineteenth century, foreign missionaries have been active; some have been in the country for many years.[1] The Seventh-day Adventist and Evangelical churches have missionaries teaching in their respective elementary and high schools.[1]
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice.[1] The US government found no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice.[1]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Palau. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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