Northern Europe/Baltic States In 2024, the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
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several generations grew up without any religious instruction, which means that many people today are looking for guidance. Low-threshold initiatives are important to answer their questions and enable them to come into contact with the faith for the first time. To this end, ACN has regularly supported the Catholic radio station “Mažoji Studija” (“Small Studio”) in Vilnius since
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were the focus of our Northern
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European aid. These countries became independent in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and have been members of the EU since 2004. Many Christians here are still searching for orientation and support in their faith. In other Northern European countries such as Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden, most of the faithful come from abroad. Although these are predominantly rich countries, the diaspora situation means that the local churches find it difficult to fulfil their tasks on their own. With 2.8 million inhabitants, Lithuania is the largest of the three Baltic states. 80% of the population are Catholics. This makes it the only predominantly Catholic country in the former Soviet Union. During the Soviet era, however,
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Head of Section Eike Petersen
Philippe Jourdan, Bishop of Tallinn, the first Catholic diocese in Estonia.
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