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As of 2018, 73.2% of Luxembourg's population adhere to forms of Christianity (63.8% are Catholics, 1.8% are Protestants, 3.0% are Orthodox Christians while 4.6% adhere to other Christian denominations). 2.6% of the population are Muslims and 0.6% are followers of other non-Christian religions. 23.4% of the population do not have a religion.
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
May 8, 2024 · Luxembourg, a secular Western European nation, offers a surprising religious diversity, with Catholic majority, Protestant minority and growing presence of other religions, such as Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and others. Last time updated. 08.05.24. Table of content.
Mar 11, 2024 · Today, Christianity remains an important part of life for many people in Luxembourg. The Catholic Church is particularly strong here – around 70% of Luxembourgers are Catholic – but there are also Protestant churches and other Christian denominations represented as well.
Europe has a rich Christian culture, especially as numerous saints and martyrs and almost all the popes were European themselves. All of the Roman Catholic popes from 741 to 2013 were from Europe. Europe brought together many of the Christian holy sites and heritage and religious centers.
According to statistics published in 2011, 73% of Luxembourg’s inhabitants belong to a Christian confession . Of this total 68,7% are Roman Catholic; 1,8% protestant and 1,9% other denominations. 2,6% belong to another non-Christian religion and 24,9% claim adherence to no religion at all.
May 22, 2024 · Overrun by Germany in both world wars, its neutrality ended in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the EEC (later the EU), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency zone.
