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The predominant religion in Brazil is Christianity, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. In 1891, when the first Brazilian Republican Constitution was set forth, Brazil ceased to have an official religion and has remained secular ever since, though the Catholic Church remained politically influential into the 1970s.
May 25, 2021 · May 25, 2021. The Spring 2021 issue of the Journal of Global Catholicism analyzes the changing character of Catholicism in Brazil, home to the largest population of Catholics in the world. The issue emerges from meetings and conversation between Managing Editor Marc Loustau and lead author and curator Carlos Steil in São Paulo in late 2019.
While Brazil remains the largest Roman Catholic country in the world, the number of Roman Catholics has fallen steadily from 95% of the population in 1940 to approximately two-thirds in 2009. Much of the exodus consists of women, young people, and the middle classes.
Gender. According to the 2010 census, about equal percentages of Brazilian men (65%) and women (64%) are Catholic. By contrast, a slightly higher percentage of women (24%) than men (20%) identify as Protestant, while a slightly higher share of men (10%) than women (6%) have no religious affiliation.
Sep 7, 2018 · Here, we found an even more narrowed difference between the two leading religious groups in Brazil (Catholicism and Protestantism), which was 80% in the 70s , 42% according to the Census in 2010 and 25% according to our survey. This may represent a decline in Catholicism and an increase in other belief systems.
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Feb 17, 2024 · A Catholic priest, an evangelical pastor and the battle for souls in the deepest Amazon. A woman wears a Virgin Mary necklace in São Miguel, a historically Catholic village in the Amazon that has ...
Jul 18, 2013 · Brazilian Catholics tend to be older and live in rural areas, while Protestants tend to be slightly younger and live in urban areas. Brazilians with no religious affiliation also are younger, on average, than the population as a whole and are more likely to reside in urban settings.
