Isabel AllendeCatholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct understanding with God while everyone else must pass through the priestly bureaucracy.
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Catholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct understanding with God while everyone else must pass through the priestly bureaucracy. This is not true. There are no Protestants in Chile, except for Baptists who are not very numerous. However, other Christians do exist in the country. As for the priests, they are all Catholic.
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