Catholic was brought in Vietnam around 18th century.First the French missionaries had a difficulty in converting them to Christianity.Later during the Vietnam War the Catholic is strong in the southern part of the region because in the north there is a persecution to the catholics during the communist regime.On the year 1975 they were persecuted by being not allowed a full freedom, but later on the Catholic number grew slowly because the communist government has a provision that Catholic is not allowed to be ordained unless it is granted by the government.
It came from Jesus Christ and was instituted by the apostles
South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam is what ended the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese had the goal of Vietnamese Unification and the surrender of South Vietnam in 1975 allowed them to achieve that objective.
One event that caused an escalation of troop involvement in Vietnam was the incident in 1964 at the Gulf of Tonkin.
Yes, the increased acceptance of Catholicism led to less democratic policies in the US.
The most dominant religion in Vietnam is Buddhism. Other religions may be Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam. for more information go to the related link ( Vietnam religions)Catholics were common during the war.Buddhism 85% , Christianity 8% , Caodaism 3%, Others 4%
It didn't, Cambodia was officially neutral.
The gulf of tonkin resolution was discovered to be fabricated
Southeast Asia has a mix of religions ranging from Buddhism (which is very strong in Burma and Thailand) to Islam (which is very strong in Malaysia and Indonesia) to Christianity and Chinese Faiths (more common in Vietnam).
Gosh, let's see: Invaded by the ChineseColonized by the FrenchInvaded by the JapaneseInvaded by the Americans
The US was supporting South Vietnam. The US opposed the communist North Vietnam, which was led by Ho Chi Minh. South Vietnam was ruled by President Diem (pronounced like Z-M) who was later assassinated by South Vietnam rebels.The people of South Vietnam rebelled against Diem because he was Catholic and tried to change the people's religion form Buddhism to Catholicism. Kennedy and everyone saw the pictures of the Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire and it leaked out that the US favored a coup (pronounced like coo) and the takeover by other officials led to the assassination of Diem.Kennedy also funded a CIA operation which encouraged the overthrow, and indirectly ended in Diem's assassination.
Odd question, the answer is no, Catholicism is Christianity.
Catholicism.