Costa Rica News News Costa Rica » Religion: Costa Rica’s bishops defend Catholic Church’s role as state religion
Los Angeles Basilica in Cartago, Costa Rica. (Credit: Conrad Munro/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).) Listen ROSARIO, Argentina – Catholic bishops in Costa Rica, with the backing of the Evangelical ...
News Costa Rica » Religion: Catholics still a majority in Costa Rica, but church is losing ground
As Roman Catholics prepare for the biggest celebrations of the church year during Holy Week, the predominance of Costa Rica’s Catholic majority is changing, researchers from the University of Costa ...
News Costa Rica » Religion: The Bureaucracy: Costa Rica’s True National Religion
One day last week, I had to pay visits to three different government offices. I spent a lot of the day seated, waiting for my number to be called. Each office was similar: a cashier seated behind a ...
News Costa Rica » Religion: Costa Rica votes in ex-minister as next president, spurns preacher rival
Costa Rica on Sunday voted for a former minister from the center-left ruling party as its next president, rejecting his rival, an ultra-conservative preacher who had campaigned strongly against gay ...