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Turkmenistan’s tiny Catholic community prepares for Christmas
December 21, 2017
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CWN Editor's Note: The Asian nation of 5.3 million, once part of the Soviet Union, is 89% Muslim and 9% Eastern Orthodox. The nation’s Catholics are mainly descendants of Poles and Germans deported generations ago under Stalin.
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