Eight
out of ten Filipinos are Catholic, while a further 10 per cent are Christians
of other denominations, among whom some 4 percent belong to the influential
Iglesia Filipina Independiente and to the almost equally strong Iglesia
ni Cristo, a prosperous congregation comparable to the American Episcopalian
church. Muslim accounts for barely 5 percent. Buddhist, Taoist and Hindus
together only 1 percent, so Catholic teaching continues to exercise a long-standing
influence.
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