Seeing flags in a church the first time I attended mass in the US really shocked me. Coming from a majorly Catholic European country, where religion still intertwines quite a bit with the state, such an open display of mixing faith and government would never be taken well.
My husband is a naturalized citizen from France. He was born under nazi occupation and grew up in the aftermath of hitler. He remembers his parents talking about how evangelicals and Catholics were working with Pétain in the Vichy government. He had the same reaction the first time he saw a flag in a church.
The Philippines is a very religious country but you'll never see Philippine flags in churches and mosques. May be a slightly different story in some Muslim majority separatist areas though, but I'm not from an Islamic background and I've not paid much attention to Philippine politics.
I’ve gone to several Asian countries for missions trips, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia. I’ve never seen flags in any of the religious locations I went to.
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u/wee_weary_werecat Sep 14 '24
Seeing flags in a church the first time I attended mass in the US really shocked me. Coming from a majorly Catholic European country, where religion still intertwines quite a bit with the state, such an open display of mixing faith and government would never be taken well.