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The Church of Greenland, consisting of the Diocese of Greenland is the official Lutheran church in Greenland under the leadership of the Bishop of Greenland, currently Paneeraq Siegstad Munk. The Church of Greenland is semi-independent from the Church of Denmark , however, it is still considered a diocese of the Church of Denmark .
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
The largest religion in Europe is Christianity. [1] However, irreligion and practical secularisation are also prominent in some countries. [2] [3] In Southeastern Europe, three countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania) have Muslim majorities, with Christianity being the second-largest religion in those countries.
Today, the major religion is Protestant Christianity, mostly members of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. While there is no official census data on religion in Greenland, the Lutheran Bishop of Greenland Sofie Petersen [12] estimated that 85% of the Greenlandic population were members of its congregation in 2009. [13]
Germany - who infamously invaded most of Europe during World War II - is now seemingly warning President-elect Donald Trump against his suggested Greenland expansion (AP)
Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria have official ties to Catholicism , but these ties do not extend to Catholicism being recognised as the state religion in these countries. Further there are varying degrees of public funding of the church in Belgium , Luxembourg , Germany , Norway , Sweden , in most cantons of Switzerland , and in the Alsace ...
Trump claimed that the average gas price was $1.40 when he was president, that Christians vote at low rates, and more.
Greenland’s location has also made it strategically enticing as a military outpost for the world’s most powerful countries, including China and Russia. “I’m talking about protecting the ...