Does anyone know what Cris' religion is?

[*Peanut Butter*]

I have never heard Cristiano talk about his religion or read anything about it. All I've heard is that he has a cross that he kisses before a match or something.   I could be thinking of another player. Does anyone know if he's very religious or what his beliefs are or anything?

[♥ Majiek ♥]

i hope hes Atheist like me! though i would guess hes a Christian, though not as big of a follower of religion then some people.

[SweetBabyGirl]

He must be Catholic, I noticed the decorations in his church, the rosary he wears, kissing the cross, just all seemed very catholic to me.

[Sparky]

He's Catholic, didn't he have a communion or whatever it's called?  And doesn't he kiss his cross before games?  I'm trying to think back to my fangirl days when I knew this stuff. 

[Nazan]

He's Roman Catholic

[*Peanut Butter*]

Much thanks for the info!  Yeah, from what you all have said he's most likely Catholic along with the rest of the majority of Portugal. It's just you never know who is part of a minority.  :-\Look at Kaka, he's from Brazil where the majority of people are Catholic but he's an evangelical Christian, so you never know!

[HelloKitty]

What's an evangelical Christian?

Cristiano is Catholic, there are pics of his Communion and his mother is called Maria Dolores, what is a very Catholic name.

[Nazan]

What's an evangelical Christian?

Cristiano is Catholic, there are pics of his Communion and his mother is called Maria Dolores, what is a very Catholic name.

@ Laura
Christen werden unterteilt in katholisch und evangelisch. Und ein catholic christian ist katholisch und ein evangelical christian or protestant christian ist evangelisch.

[HelloKitty]

What's an evangelical Christian?

Cristiano is Catholic, there are pics of his Communion and his mother is called Maria Dolores, what is a very Catholic name.

@ Laura
Christen werden unterteilt in katholisch und evangelisch. Und ein catholic christian ist katholisch und ein evangelical christian or protestant christian ist evangelisch.

I know that Nazan, I'm not stupid, but the German "evangelisch" doesn't mean evangelical, it means Protestant in English, evangelical is something different, I think it means that you take the bible litterally but I'm not 100% sure that's why I asked.

[HelloKitty]

No, it doesn't I lookes it up in the dictionary now and it says "evangelikal", what means, you take the "Evangelium" = das Neue Testament litterally and want to spread it.
evangelisch = Protestant

[Nazan]

why do you ask then? My professor in uni said something else. But I see you know better of course.

evangelic Adjektiv ( evangelically) 1. die Evangelien betreffend, Evangelien...;
2. evangelisch

You are talking about evangelize.

AND an "lic" or "cally" ending implies something that you are or something as it is and the ending "lize" something that you do.
So evangelically could NEVER mean what you say it means.

[SweetBabyGirl]

kaka is protestant?! I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever would've thought he's protestant I always thought he was roman catholic!

[Sparky]

I always thought evangelical was extreme protestant, like the complete opposite of Roman Catholic.  But you can also be evangelical catholic, I don't really get it.   

[HelloKitty]

why do you ask then? My professor in uni said something else. But I see you know better of course.

evangelic Adjektiv ( evangelically) 1. die Evangelien betreffend, Evangelien...;
2. evangelisch

You are talking about evangelize.

AND an "lic" or "cally" ending implies something that you are or something as it is and the ending "lize" something that you do.
So evangelically could NEVER mean what you say it means.

Thanks for the grammar lesson but I know the difference between a verb and an adjective.

From wikipedia:
The word evangelicalism often refers to a broad collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which are found among Protestant Christians and some Catholics. Evangelicalism is typified by an emphasis on evangelism, a personal experience of conversion, biblically oriented faith and a belief in the relevance of Christian faith to some cultural issues. Historically, the movement began in the early 18th century as a response to Enlightenment thinking. It stressed a more personal relationship with God at the individual level; as well as activism based upon one's biblically based beliefs.

From encyclopedia.com:
evangelical
evangelical This term is derived from the Greek word euaggelion meaning ? Gospel? or good news (of the salvation of human beings from sin). In sociological terms, it refers to those movements in Protestantism which are concerned with religious revival through an emphasis on the Bible, preaching, personal conversion, and salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.


evangelistic
? adjective 
synonyms: missionary, preaching, revivalist, reforming, crusading, propagandist, evangelical, proselytizing.

kaka is protestant?! I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever would've thought he's protestant I always thought he was roman catholic!

Probably not as "evangelical" isn't the same as Protestant. He probably was christened Catholic.

[Nazan]

As I just come from uni I asked my linguistic prof again and he said that protestant and evangelic are both right to translate evangelisch.
To preach the gospel is evangelize.
And my Langenscheidt dictionary says exactly the same. 
I only can relate to what I've learned and what teacher/profs told me and what my lovely Langenscheidt says.   

I always thought evangelical was extreme protestant, like the complete opposite of Roman Catholic.  But you can also be evangelical catholic, I don't really get it.   

No, that's not possible. Either you are evangelic OR catholic. Both religions belong to Christianity. The difference is small though (e.g. the evangelics don't believe in Mary's Immaculate Conception while the catholics do).

I'll try to explain what I know or what I've learned what the differnce is:

Christianity is the generic term.
Within the Christianity you have either catholics OR evangelists.

The word protestant was formed from evangelists.

Evangelist is the self-designation that came from the reformation of Luther and Calvin and the emerge of their churches and Christians.
The basis of their religion is the gospel about the message from God's grace.

Protestant is a very wide term for cultural and spiritual phenomenons who emancipated themselves from the generic term. Furthermore protestant is more a political term than a religious one because the protestant church developed from the protest in Speyer 1529 about a catholic resolution.

Today is the day of my worst English. Congratulations.