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Catholicism remains the predominant religion of the country, with 64.6% identifying as Roman Catholic, 22.2% of the country identifies as Protestant. [1] Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of Catholics in Brazil dropped from 74% to 65%. [19]
[23] [24] A 2023 IPSOS survey found that 38% of Brazilians identified as Catholic and 29% as Protestant, [25] and a 2020 ARDA survey estimated that 70.57% of its population was Catholic and 15.12% Protestant. [10] While Catholicism was politically dominant before the secularization of Brazil, Protestants have been involved in influencing ...
Presbyterian Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro.. Protestantism in Brazil began in the 19th century and grew in the 20th century. The 2010 census reported that 22.2% of the Brazilian population was Protestant, while in 2020 the percentage was estimated to have risen to 31% of the population, [1] over 65 million individuals, making it the second largest Protestant population in the Western world.
Religion in Latin America is characterized by the historical predominance of Catholicism, [2] and growing number and influence of a large number of groups that belong to Protestantism, as well as by the presence of Irreligion. According to survey data from Statista in 2020, 57% of the Latin American population is Catholic and 19% is Protestant. [3]
However, Catholicism has the highest rate of retention. More than two-fifths of those who were raised Protestant are no longer Protestant; the Catholic Church picks up 16% of those who were raised Protestants. [10] By race, 66.4% of whites are Catholic, along with 58.2% of blacks, 59.9% of East Asians, 64.1% of browns, and 50.7% of American ...
The majority of Latin American Protestants in general are Pentecostal. [5] Brazil today is the most Protestant country in South America with 22.2% of the population being Protestant, [6] 89% of Brazilian evangelicals are Pentecostal, in Chile they represent 79% of the total evangelicals in that country, 69% in Argentina and 59% in Colombia. [5]
Catholic–Protestant relations refers to the social, political and theological relations and dialogue between Catholic Christians and Protestant Christians. This relationship began in the 16th century with the beginning of the Reformation and thereby Protestantism. A number of factors contributed to the Protestant Reformation.
The relationship between Nazism and Protestantism, especially the German Lutheran Church, was complex. Though the majority of Protestant church leaders in Germany supported the Nazis' growing anti-Jewish activities, some, such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer (a Lutheran pastor) were strongly opposed to the Nazis. Bonhoeffer was later found guilty in the ...