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[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Zakai Kinan <kassav@earthlink.net>

Can anyone give the amount that the Haitian government provides to the
catholic church?   If the pope wants to proselytize should he have to pay
for it?

Greg P.

The Catholic clergy receives monthly paycheck from the Haitian Government.
The Protestants receive theirs from their own country and are very often
helped by USIS (for instance check the Adventist Mission and MEBSH).
Furthermore Protestants enjoy special customs exemptions. It is normal, both
Catholics and Protestants are represented in the government, they don't even
have to fight for their rights.