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In comparison to Europe and other Western nations, the Catholic Church still has a major influence in Latin American society. The vast majority of Latin Americans are Christians (90%), [1] mostly Catholics belonging to the Latin Church. [2] In 2012 Latin America constitutes, in absolute terms, the world's second largest Christian population ...
Pope Francis has dissolved a Catholic religious community with members across South America and the United States, following years of investigations into alleged sexual and psychological abuse by ...
The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ()." [2] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [2]
In 2020, there were over 3,000 priests and over 9,000 nuns serving across 1,670 parishes; [3] the church also ran 136 hospitals and homes for the old and infirm. Peru has produced two famous saints, St. Rose of Lima and St. Martin de Porres , as well as two Blesseds, Ana de los Ángeles (Ana Monteagudo Ponce de León) and Antonia Luzmila Rivas ...
Religion in South America has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law and changed greatly in recent years. Roman Catholicism has rapidly declined. Most of this is due to the growth of Protestantism, particularly evangelical Christians. [1] A smaller number of South Americans are also beginning to identify as irreligious. [2]
The Catholic Church in Venezuela is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.The Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela comprises nine archdioceses, three vicariates, a military ordinariate, and two Eastern Rite exarchates under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the Curia in Rome and the Venezuelan Bishops Conference.
The relationship between church and state was mutual and intimate; each institution had great influence on the other's affairs. [2] In a society where separation from the religious ministrations of the church was unthinkable, the church had great moral influence. [2] In addition, the colonial church was an extremely wealthy institution. [2]
In New York, meanwhile, a Catholic millionaire from Orange County led an event that seemed a throwback to the church of the 1950s: Priests in ornate vestments marched down Broadway with a police ...