Source: Allafrica.com
Over the decades that I have travelled in Africa I have met only four African atheists. Africans seem naturally networked to religion.
All meetings – on politics, sport and even business – begin with a prayer. God is invoked on every occasion, private or public. Religion is comfortably woven into daily life. Amid the current economic boom that most African countries are enjoying, huge new numbers of churches are being built, some of them vast halls.
The Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination, is part of the fabric of all African societies. Its schools, community centres and health clinics are trusted far more than state ones and often closer to the people.
Categories: Africa
Hope also the next pope will be african. Would also reflect the trend. In Africa christianity is growing while in europe it is shrinking due to low birthrates and secularisation.