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Filipino Catholics consider leaving the Church, only 37% attend church every week, and only 29% consider themselves strongly religious.
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418:the original
411:
374:
331:108,667,043
316:Not reported
315:
302:
165:Affiliation
155:
106:
91:
80:
69:
64:
60:sex scandals
52:
15:
1620:Philippines
1461:Bell Church
1443:Ethnic/Folk
1250:Pentecostal
1182:Evangelical
991:Asia portal
892:States with
812:Philippines
752:South Korea
747:North Korea
642:Afghanistan
181:85,645,362
171:Percentage
1667:Categories
1528:Irreligion
1466:Rizalistas
1416:monotheism
1155:Protestant
872:Uzbekistan
847:Tajikistan
762:Kyrgyzstan
742:Kazakhstan
662:Bangladesh
652:Azerbaijan
500:2013-09-26
475:2013-09-26
450:2024-06-16
390:References
378:excluding
294:8,954,291
220:1,458,992
207:2,806,524
194:6,981,710
1393:Unitarian
1164:Adventist
958:Hong Kong
912:Palestine
837:Sri Lanka
832:Singapore
712:Indonesia
424:March 12,
109:Satanists
22:agnostics
1496:Hinduism
1491:Buddhism
1293:Mainline
1056:Catholic
981:Category
902:Abkhazia
852:Thailand
807:Pakistan
787:Mongolia
782:Maldives
777:Malaysia
677:Cambodia
349:See also
339:Source:
283:429,921
272:457,245
259:470,792
246:540,364
233:862,725
144:Red Tani
95:—
84:—
73:—
39:Internet
18:atheists
1563:atheism
1456:Pulahan
1433:Judaism
877:Vietnam
792:Myanmar
772:Lebanon
702:Georgia
657:Bahrain
647:Armenia
445:RAPPLER
320:15,186
307:43,931
168:Number
35:atheist
1506:Others
1483:Indian
922:Taiwan
857:Turkey
822:Russia
757:Kuwait
737:Jordan
727:Israel
687:Cyprus
672:Brunei
667:Bhutan
328:Total
49:Growth
1618:This
1565:is a
1428:Islam
1140:ROCOR
1136:PESEA
963:Macau
882:Yemen
842:Syria
817:Qatar
797:Nepal
732:Japan
707:India
697:Egypt
682:China
366:Notes
334:100%
190:Islam
184:78.8
1624:stub
1567:stub
802:Oman
767:Laos
722:Iraq
717:Iran
426:2023
303:None
297:8.2
286:0.4
275:0.4
262:0.4
249:0.5
236:0.8
223:1.4
210:2.6
197:6.4
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