Most people consider themselves to be Catholic. There is no conflict for the people, the voodoo priests, priestesses, and others being Catholic. The division has been made by Protestants. In the rural sections some of the spirits encountered most often are "ezili, tijan, leba, ogouferay jumo, ogou danbala, jumo marasa, exili freda, met chemen, met kafou, ezili danto, danbala odo , dagwe, akaya, met ogou, and elatrye". Many Catholic saints that have similar characteristics to the voodoo spirits that means the saint’s picture may be part of the voodoo service.

In the Catholic Church there are seven sacraments:

Baptism - an infant receives the benefits of Christ’s death through the sacrament of baptism. The purpose is to reverse the effects of Adam’s sin.

Penance - reestablishes a right relationship between God and a wayward Catholic. It is for forgiveness of serious sins committed after baptism. It is also known as reconciliation or confession.

Eucharist - a sacred meal during mass that provides unity and communion with God. It is a means of grace. It is believed to provide the body and blood of Christ as spiritual food.

Confirmation - Catholics usually receive confirmation at about the age of twelve after completing a preparatory course on doctrine. It provides special strengthening by the Holy Spirit to enable the Catholic to resist temptation.

Anointing of the sick - also known as extreme unction, this provides spiritual and physical strength for the seriously ill or dying. It prepares the soul for Heaven. In combination with Penance and Eucharist, the three together are called the last rites.

Holy Orders - the sacrament by which men are incorporated into the episcopate as bishops, the presbyterate as priests, or the diaconate as deacons.

Matrimony - through this sacrament the marriage is made holy and the couple receives special grace to help in married life.

According to idolatry, each saint has a corresponding evil spirit that walks with him. Everyone who believes in idolatry has specific dates for celebrating voodoo festivals. Catholicism is a simple thing. Everyone who is in idolatry says they are Catholic, because Catholicism is a liberal religion.

People do what works. Catholicism and voodoo are based on the material realities of the present. Rural people talk among themselves about what works and what does not work. This means they may go to a priest if what works is saying a mass for their dead mother. If what works is going to the voodoo priest to purchase a bottle to hang in the doorway, then that is what would be done. The spiritual realm is where problems are solved. The intermediaries into the spiritual world are seen to be hougons, bokors, mambos, priests, pastors, evangelists, missionaries, deacons, and others in spiritual leadership positions. The intermediaries intercede for a person with the spiritual world and resolve problems. Once a problem is resolved then one goes about their business as usual unless their are other obligations related to the solution. The fees for a hougon, bokor, or mambo may be high, but the person will do everything possible in order to pay for the treatment for fear that a spell will be put on them and they will die.

There is not a systematic understanding of voodoo. Voodoo is considered a verb not a noun. Voodoo is becoming more systematic as educated hougan and mambo put it in a framework to communicate with educated people in other cultures. Voodoo changes, adapts and incorporates, it is dynamic not stationary or static. The rural people do not seek to understand voodoo. They do not attend "worship services" but there may be special events for family spirits. The one most important event in the year is Christmas. On December 25th gifts are offered to the spirits for what they have done on ones behalf during the year. There are other major events at locations such as Sau d'eau, Bois Caiman, and Limonade. Great masses of Haitians travel from all over Haiti and other countries to these areas for special insight, healing, and to improve their life in the coming year. These people travel to these areas based on need.

People who are in voodoo are people who serve evil spirits (lwa), Satan, witch doctors (Bokor), mambo, hougan. They prepare all kinds of foods for the evil spirits. Sometimes the food is left under a tree where the spirits live or in a spring of water. The food is placed in half a calabash with a candle in the middle. Ceremonies (espedisyon) with clothes, money, chickens, and things that people pick up are used to put evil spells on the items used and if someone picks them up later, they get sick. Ranvwa is the act of transferring an evil spirit from one person to another in a similar manner, when a spell is put on the item and the item is left at a street corner.

Many if not most of the problems in the community are the result of doubts that people have of one another. This works to the advantage of hougans, mambos, and bokors, especially. They use the doubt a person has to assist in offering a solution and also make money. They sell spells called "pwen" to people to bring about the desired outcome for the purchaser. The value of the results of purchasing a "pwen" from a particular person is spread among the people, word of mouth advertising. A “pwen” may involve a spell where one individual would ask a second individual for a dollar. When the second individual reaches in his pocket to give the dollar, he unknowingly gives all the money that is in his pocket to the first person. The lack of the people being able to work together can be usually traced back to their acceptance of voodoo in the community.

For Protestants when a child is born, his parents present him in the church as thanks to God for this child. When he is baptized is when he renounces publicly everything that is not pleasing to God. He attends and passes a class for new believers and promises to serve God. In towns, a child cannot be baptized until after they are twelve years old. In the extremely rural areas, one must be eighteen years old before being baptized.

Protestant Christians believe in the power of voodoo too, as Satan knows God's word and its truth. Generally Christians can not work together nor do they trust one another, although Christians are generally more trusting than the community in general. The Christian community does not have a good reputation for honesty. There is a saying; “Haitians are 80% Catholic, 20% Protestant, and 100% Voodoo.”