The 50 Most Dangerous Cities in the World: Mainly Roman Catholic
Crime scene in Philadelphia, one of the most Catholic cities in the USA. Philadelphia consistently ranks above the national average in terms of crime, especially violent offenses.
It’s been 10 years since I first posted this article. A Catholic priest read it and didn’t like it! He wrote a comment in the comments section. Please read what he wrote and my reply. Just scroll down until you see it.
In the list below, 41 (82%) of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world are in Roman Catholic Latin America areas. The 5 American cities in the list all have a heavy Roman Catholic influence. New Orleans, St. Louis, and Baltimore were founded by Roman Catholics. So if you add the 5 American cities to the 41 Latin American areas, it results in 92% of the most violent cities in the world under Roman Catholic influence.
And why are these cities so violent? They are all economically depressed. Consider the fact that Roman Catholic nations tend to be poor whereas Protestant nations have prospered economically. Protestant Northern Europe is definitely better off than Southern Europe which has a stronger Roman Catholic influence.
Of all the Roman Catholic countries I know of, only Poland is doing well economically. The reason I think is because Poles are hard-working people. All of my grandparents were born in Poland! I had the opportunity to visit Poland for 3 weeks, and I loved it. It’s a clean and beautiful country and its infrastructure was much better than Russia at the time (1997) in spite of the fact it was dominated by Soviet Communism from 1945 to 1989.
The United States of America was strongest economically when Protestantism was strongest. Can you see the relationship? Since a flood of Roman Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Poland, and Latin America, Roman Catholic influence in the American government is stronger, and the economy is weaker!
Is the Roman Catholic church secretly controlling American politics? If you don’t think so, explain why President Obama wants to change the immigration laws to give citizenship to illegal Mexican immigrants. They are mostly Roman Catholics! The more Catholics in America, the more the Roman Catholic Church gets to influence the vote!
The source of this list was taken from http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-violent-cities-in-the-world-2013-11?op=1
- San Pedro Sula, Honduras had 169.30 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Acapulco, Mexico had 142.88 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Caracas, Venezuela had 118.89 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Distrito Central, Honduras had 101.99 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Torreón, Mexico had 94.72 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Maceió, Brazil had 85.88 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Cali, Colombia had 79.27 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Nuevo Laredo, Mexico had 72.85 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Barquisimeto, Venezuela had 71.74 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- João Pessoa, Brazil had 71.59 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Manaus, Brazil had 70.37 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Guatemala, Guatemala had 67.36 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Fortaleza, Brazil had 66.39 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Salvador (and RMS), Brazil had 65.64 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Culiacán, Mexico had 62.06 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Vitoria, Brazil had 60.40 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- New Orleans, United States had 56.13 homicides per 100,000 residents. 36% Catholic
- Cuernavaca, Mexico had 56.08 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Juárez, Mexico had 55.91 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela had 55.03 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Detroit, United States had 54.63 homicides per 100,000 residents. 32.5% Catholic
- Cúcuta, Colombia had 54.29 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- São Luís, Brazil had 50.16 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Medellin, Colombia had 49.10 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Kingston, Jamaica had 48.48 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Belém, Brazil had 48.23 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Cape Town, South Africa had 46.04 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Cuiabá, Brazil had 45.28 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Santa Marta, Colombia had 45.26 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Recife, Brazil had 44.54 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Valencia, Venezuela had 43.87 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Chihuahua, Mexico had 43.49 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- San Juan, Puerto Rico had 43.25 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Goiânia, Brazil had 42.01 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti had 40.10 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Victoria, Mexico had 37.78 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Pereira, Colombia had 36.13 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa had 36.02 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Maracaibo, Venezuela had 35.44 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- St. Louis, United States had 35.39 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Baltimore, United States had 35.03 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Curitiba, Brazil had 34.08 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Oakland, United States had 33.10 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- San Salvador, El Salvador had 32.48 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Macapá, Brazil had 32.06 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Durban, South Africa had 30.94 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Monterrey, Mexico had 30.85 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil had 29.74 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Brasilia, Brazil had 29.73 homicides per 100,000 residents.
- Barranquilla, Colombia had 29.41 homicides per 100,000 residents.
The Philippines is a Roman Catholic nation and I hear crime is higher in the capital, Manila, but crime in the provinces (countryside) is thankfully low. Businesses that make a significant amount of money all have armed guards who act as greeters at the entrances. Armed guards are certainly a good deterrent against crime! Since moving from Guam to the province of Northern Samar Philippines in June 2023, I have yet to hear of any robberies or any theft at all! Crime in Guam is not as high as in the mainland USA, but higher than here. People leave their motorbikes on the streets with the keys in the ignition, and they’re still there when they return. My nice bike in Guam was stolen though it was tied to a tree with a cable. The thief cut the cable with a cable cutter and left the cut cable on the ground. 🙁 Guam is also predominately Roman Catholic due to Spanish influence. All of the Micronesian islands are Catholic with a few Protestant churches.