electoral roll - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:30:34 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg electoral roll - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Christians in Lebanon increase their numbers https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/01/christians-in-lebanon-increase-their-numbers/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=40323 Contrary to widespread public perception, the proportion of Christians in Lebanon is increasing and could rise by over a third by 2030. And because hundreds of thousands of overseas Lebanese are eligible to vote, 40 per cent of Lebanese on the electoral roll will be Christian by 2040. Reasons for the increase among Christians include Read more

Christians in Lebanon increase their numbers... Read more]]> Contrary to widespread public perception, the proportion of Christians in Lebanon is increasing and could rise by over a third by 2030.

And because hundreds of thousands of overseas Lebanese are eligible to vote, 40 per cent of Lebanese on the electoral roll will be Christian by 2040.

Reasons for the increase among Christians include a drop in the wave of migration and a low birth rate among Muslims. Most of the Christians are Maronites, who are in communion with Rome.

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