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The number of Mexican Catholics has fallen by 5% in the first decade of the 21st century and in the south-east Catholics make up less than two-thirds of the population. [11] In absolute terms, Mexico has 90,224,559 Catholics, [1] which is the world's second largest number of Catholics, surpassed only by Brazil. [12]
María Concepcíon Cabrera Arias de Armida (1862–1937), Married Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Mexico; Founder of the Apostolate of the Cross and the Religious of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Cofounder of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (San Luis Potosí – Mexico City, Mexico) Declared "Venerable": December 20, 1999
Mexican religious leaders (6 C, 4 P) R. Religious buildings and structures in Mexico (9 C, 2 P) Religious organizations based in Mexico (10 C, 2 P) S.
The Mexican Revolution and the Catholic Church, 1910–1929. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1973. Rice, Elizabeth Ann. The Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Mexico as Affected by the Struggle for Religious Liberty in Mexico, 1925-29. Washington DC 1959.
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico. Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death", although R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, believes that the former is a more accurate translation because it "better reveals" her identity as a folk saint.
The Spanish arrival and colonization brought Roman Catholicism to the country, which became the main religion of Mexico. Mexico is a secular state, and the Constitution of 1917 and anti-clerical law imposed limitations on the church and sometimes codified state intrusion into church matters. The government does not provide any financial ...
From the 17th century on, Spanish clergy had very little to do with religious development in most Mexican villages and this gave free rein to Aztec religious syncretism. [7] Greatly aiding the early missionaries was the image known as the Virgen de Guadalupe. [citation needed]
Mexico has a religious minority of Muslims, mostly constituted by converts, [1] and Mexicans of African, Asian, European, and South American origin, as well as their children, born in Mexico. Mexico is a predominantly Christian country , with adherents of Islam representing a very small minority.