Latin Rite
The nation still has Roman Catholics, most of whom are Italian Eritreans. When Eritrea was an Italian colony, all the Italians (colonists and military troops) professed the Latin rite: in 1940 they were 11% of the total population. As of 2010 there were 900 Italian Eritreans, mostly elderly.
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