Catholic World News
Christians face starvation in Laos
February 23, 2011
Over five dozen Christians have been driven from their village at gunpoint and face starvation, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The agency reports that a local government official says that he refuses to permit Christianity in his district.
0.7% of the Communist nation’s six million people are Catholic, according to Vatican statistics; 67% are Buddhist.
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