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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.
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]
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.
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 ...
[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 ...
Between 1926 and 1929 an armed conflict in the form of a popular uprising broke out against the anti-Catholic\ anti-clerical Mexican government, set off specifically by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917. Discontent over the provisions had been simmering for years. The conflict is known as the Cristero War. A ...
On the other hand, liberals and Freemasons saw in the encouraged spread of Protestantism one of the ways to fight the influence of the Catholic Church, being a period in which several Protestant missionaries and educators from the United States worked in Brazil, creating a large number of followers and students and influencing in the country's ...