A recent study conducted by Venezuela-based research firm Delphos found that 97% of Venezuelans believe in God, and the majority pray regularly despite more than 20 years of attack on the Venezuelan church by the socialist Maduro regime, Outlet Runurnese. It has been reported on wednesday.
Ranloone It has been reported The study, entitled “Religious Sociology: Venezuelan Religion,” was a joint collaboration between the local religious organization Gumila Foundation and voting company Delfos. Venezuela is an overwhelming Christian nation almost 90% of the population practiced either Catholic or other forms of Christianity.
The survey found that 63% of respondents identified themselves as Catholic and an additional 16% identified themselves as evangelical Christians. Another 6% said they were practitioners of other Christian denominations, and 8% of respondents declared they had no public religion. This category includes atheists and agnostic theory.
The study revealed that it is more common for Venezuelans to identify themselves as Catholic as they age, and that most people who declared themselves not to practice religion are often in the age group between 25 and 34 years old. The study also found that 49% of adults expressed their desire to raise Catholicism, while 30% liked their children to decide their spiritual path.
Research findings show that belief in God remains “almost unanimous” among Venezuelans. This is because 97% of all respondents expressed their belief in God. Almost 60% of participants defined God as “all-powerful and world judge,” while 54% also described God as “a loving father who cared for his children.”
In this study, similar numbers, equivalent to about 97% of respondents, expressed their belief in Jesus Christ, who was recognized as the Son of God. 64% of respondents affirmed they would pray to Jesus, 75% expressed their belief in the existence of heaven, and 63% believed in hell. In comparison, only 38 people expressed their belief in the existence of purgatory, defined by Christianity after physical death to purify or purify the soul.
On the subject of religious practice among the Catholic majority in Venezuela, Runrunes reported that 72% of those surveyed said they prayed frequently, but only 40% said they regularly attended Mass or read the Bible, and only 15% participated in Catholic sacraments such as the Eucharist and Confessions. This study also found that two main reasons for praying among Venezuelans are for health and family well-being.
When asked about the image of the Catholic Church, 48% expressed their support for the church. About 34% call past sexual abuse scandals the main criticism of the institution. On the subject of the Venezuelan Catholic Church’s stance in the ongoing political crisis of socialism in Venezuela, 47% said they thought it had a neutral attitude, 17% said they considered it to be targeted, and 8% said they perceived it as a parent. Just over half, 53% said they believe the Catholic Church in Venezuela can play an important role in national reconciliation.
For more than 20 years, the Catholic Church in Venezuela has been the target of attacks and condemnation from the ruling socialist regime since the latter came to power in 1999.
Throughout the 14 years he ruled Venezuela, Hugo Chavez issued a series of charges against the Venezuelan Catholic Church. It was criticized Chavez’s Marxist agenda. Chavez’s attack on the local Catholic church began this year 2000 After the Anglican Congress in Venezuela raised concerns about possible fraud in the general election that year.
Chavez’s repeated attacks on Christianity continued for many years. In 2007, he Condemned The Venezuelan Catholic Church, which questioned the failed referendum on socialist constitutional reform that Chavez ultimately implemented through other means. He also issued fierce criticism of Venezuelan evangelicals who criticized reform, telling them to “go to hell.”
Venezuelan priests’ criticism of the socialist system is often anger Chavez’s claim 2006 Jesus Christ was the “first socialist.” After he was diagnosed with private cancer, Chavez and his socialist regime were openly Recruitment He has made extensive use of Christianity’s image and prayer in Christianity and politics. Meeting Before the 2012 presidential election.
After Chavez passed away in March 2013, Venezuela’s dominant Socialist Party (PSUV) “rewrites” the Lord’s Prayer to worship Chavez, and after his death he was promoted to the position of “the highest everlasting commander of the Bolivarian Revolution.” A rewritten socialist version of Christianity’s most important prayer prayed to Chavez to “not lead us to the temptation of capitalism.”
The socialist regime’s attacks on the Catholic Church in Venezuela continued after Maduro’s success in Chavez in 2013. Socialist Dictator others member His administration has pose a public threat to the Catholic Church in Venezuela in response to criticisms supported by several of its members. In 2018, Maduro ordered probe Against two local bishops who denounced hunger and corruption caused by Venezuelan socialists and branded the country’s clergy as “The Devil of Cassock.”
Like Chavez, Maduro adopted Christianity several times to suit his own needs. Recently, Maduro debut Latest episode of his superhero alter ego Súper Bigote (“Super Mustache”), invites Venezuelans to celebrate Holy Week by “building socialism” with “God’s Blessing.”
Maduro has repeatedly rescheduled the beginning of the Christmas season in Venezuela. in 2024Maduro declared the beginning of the “Christmas” season in October, forcing public offices and cities to decorated Christmas months before their holidays.
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
