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t. e. 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 ...
Religion in Latin America. 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 ...
The Cathedral of Quito, constructed between 1562 and 1567, is regarded as the oldest cathedral in South America. The Catholic Church in Latin America began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas and continues up to the present day. In the later part of the 20th century, however, the rise of Liberation theology has challenged such close ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. Christianity in South America by city (2 C) Christianity in South America by country (13 C)
Christian denominations in South America by country (3 C) A. Christianity in Argentina (12 C, 5 P) B. Christianity in Bolivia (7 C)
This page is a list of South American saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the territories of South America. Image of St. Rose of Lima, the first person born in the Americas to be canonized, in the church at Paniqui
Liberation theology was influential in Latin America, [2] especially within Catholicism in the 1960s after the Second Vatican Council, where it became the political praxis of theologians such as Frei Betto, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Leonardo Boff, and Jesuits Juan Luis Segundo and Jon Sobrino, who popularized the phrase "preferential option for the poor".
0.5% Adventist. 0.1% Muslim. 2.2% no response. The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion; there is no official state religion, but the law says the state is not atheist or agnostic. [3] All cities and towns in Colombia have a church, but there are also some temples, mosques and synagogues ...