The death of the three-day-old baby last November shocked Chile, a predominantly Roman Catholic country.
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It was the current pope's first trip to Mexico, the world's second most populous Catholic country.
Her family claims staff refused her requests for a termination because Ireland is a "Catholic country".
She was reportedly told she could not have an abortion because Ireland is a Catholic country.
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The powerful Roman Catholic church (the Philippines is Asia's only Catholic country) has also intervened.
The Vatican said it was "shocked" by the ECHR's ruling, which sparked anger in the largely Catholic country.
The socialist government in the mainly Catholic country faced fierce opposition from campaigners who ultimately failed to get enough support for a referendum.
Mr Halappanavar has insisted that an abortion was refused during the miscarriage and at one point the couple were told it was because Ireland "is a Catholic country".
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Praveen's claim at the time that he was told his wife, despite several requests, could not get an abortion, because "Ireland was a Catholic country", has been vindicated.
Ann Maria Burke had apologised for having referred to Ireland as a "Catholic country" during a conversation with Mrs Halappanavar requested a termination due to her medical condition.
Yet England, like Scotland, was once a fiercely anti-Catholic country.
In his evidence last week, Praveen Halappananvar said that he had been told an abortion could not be done while the fetus was still alive because Ireland is a Catholic country.
The widower of an Indian woman who died in an Irish hospital after miscarrying has said he forgives a midwife who said a termination was not possible because Ireland was "a Catholic country".
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Ms Burke, a midwife manager at Galway University Hospital where Savita died, had told the inquest she was very upset about the "Catholic country" remark and that she did not mean it in a hurtful context.
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That may help to explain why Mary Robinson's election in 1990 heralded a more liberal and less Catholic country while seven years later Mary McAleese's "bridge-building" theme foreshadowed what politicians south of the border believe was the reconciliation of the Good Friday Agreement a year later.
Throughout the trip, Benedict has paid tribute to his predecessor, Poland's favorite son, John Paul II, and his goal has been to exhort the inhabitants of Europe's most devoutly Catholic country to show the rest of the continent how to build a society based on Christian values.
New York has not been immune to the struggles of Catholic schools across the country.
With the rise of Catholic immigration to the country in the nineteenth century, Irish and Italian Americans were attacked for their religion.
Our work with the National Catholic Educational Association has enabled us to learn from other leaders in Catholic education across the country and to emulate their best practices.
Michael's became the first Greek Catholic church in the country.
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But Davis says despite the country's Catholic culture, condoms are not religiously taboo in Haiti.
The country's Catholic Church has apologised over sex abuse allegations against some 20 priests.
In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has dismayed secularists by stressing the country's Catholic heritage in some recent speeches.
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Since 1965 half of the country's Catholic schools have shut their doors because of declining enrolment and strained finances.
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But the measure has aroused stronger than expected opposition in France - a country where the Catholic Church was thought to have lost much of its influence over the public.
Father Gutierrez, whose 1971 book A Theology of Liberation, helped launch the movement, was also criticised by Pope John Paul II and by the Catholic hierarchy in his own country.
And though it remains a fairly socially conservative country - the continued influence of the Catholic Church is a key factor - it is also a socially tolerant country.
He lived in a country with a large Catholic majority, but one where most people are not particularly devout.
National surveys show 65-70% of Filipinos support the bill, but it faces fierce opposition by the country's Roman Catholic Church leaders.
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