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Re:Islam and science: The road to renewal by rdouble on Sunday January 27, 2013 @10:53PM (#5127040)
In which countries is Catholicism still a driver of policy?
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Re:Islam and science: The road to renewal by jacquesm on Monday January 28, 2013 @04:03AM (#5127749)
Malta, Honduras, Venezuela, The Phillipines, Dominican Republic, San Marino, East Timor, Andorra, Italy, Poland, Paraguay, Ireland and probably (lots of) others besides.

You can basically take the percentage of the religious population in all countries and sort by that, the exceptions will be the ones that have a > 80% catholic population where it does not have a dominant influence on politics. I'm not too current on Spain and Portugal but those would be good candidates (Spain > 90%, Portugal > 80%).

The good news is that in lots of places the church is still powerful but that its influence is waning. The bad news is that it is still pretty high.

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Re:Islam and science: The road to renewal by jlgreco on Monday January 28, 2013 @12:00AM (#5127220)
Ireland and the Philippines both stand out in recent events. Thankfully the influence of the RCC has been slipping in both in recent years.
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Re:Islam and science: The road to renewal by rmc on Monday January 28, 2013 @03:52AM (#5127724)
Poland as well.
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