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Jul 18, 2013 · 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.
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.
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.
- Mario Fernando Prieto Peres, Arão Belitardo de Oliveira, Frederico Camelo Leão, Homero Vallada, Alex...
- 2018
Aug 7, 2018 · Today, Roman Catholic Christianity is still the dominant religion in the country, with 64.63% of people claiming to practice the religion. Most of the states in Brazil are Catholic, with more then half of the population in 25 of the 27 states being Catholic.
- Gregory Sousa
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.
While the Catholic Church is the predominant religious institution in Brazil, Brazilian Catholics are quite diverse in their theological views. For example, many priests and lay members were inspired by the social justice focus of liberation theology and mobilized resistance to military dictatorships in the 1970s.
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.
