Dhaka
(AsiaNews) - By studying and teaching theology clergy and lay Catholics can help make the Church of
Bangladesh more active. This was the aim of a national seminar organized by the Bishops' Conference and Major Seminary ending
yesterday, which focused
on how to improve the teaching
of Catholic doctrine.
The meeting was attended by 62 intellectuals, six
bishops and 30 priests. "The Church - Nirmol Rozario,
secretary general of Bangladesh Christian
Association told AsiaNews -
is not just the clergy, but also of us lay people,
we absolutely need to study theology more."
Among the speakers at the seminar
there was also Msgr. Patrick D'Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka and President of the Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh. "We want lay Catholics to be better prepared on doctrine - he said - and therefore we will start related courses."
In Bangladesh, Islam is the state
religion. Out of a population of
about 163.6 million people,
89% are Muslim, 9.6% Hindu, and only 0.4% are Christian (mostly Catholic).