According to the results of his latest study on the religious preferences of Latin Americans in the United States, the Pew Research Center revealed that the catholic block has lost 24% of its Latino faithful in the last thirteen years, since in 2010, 67% he identified himself as Catholicwhile in 2023 already only 43% it does.
He Catholicism continues to dominate as religion between the latinos in USbut his followers have dwindled due to the growth of the so-called “odd”, that is, the people who prefer to declare themselves without religion. The protestants are the second largest religious group after Catholics with a representation of 21% of the Latino faithful, a figure that has remained stable since 2010.
In 2010only 10% of people declared themselves without religionwhile for the 2023the number increased to 30%. On the other hand, a 4% of which they used to be catholicwere divided to change to protestants evangelicals either some other religiongroups that increased their followers from 2010 for this year from 12 to 15 percent and from 3 to 4 percent respectively.
A third of Latinos do not practice the religion that was instilled in them in their childhood
Catholic migrants give thanks to the Virgin Mary during Christmas, at the Tepeyac Association Church, on 14th Street in New York City. Photo: Rita Canto / Cuartoscuro.
The figures of 2022 show that one third of Latino adults already they do not practice religion that was imposed on them during their childhood. According to the Pew, almost one in four Latinos in the US are ex-Catholicsand of each 23 latinos who have left the Church catholiconly one (of another religion) has converted to Catholicism.
The group of “odd” is the one who has experienced further growth, while Catholicism is the one that has lost the most faithful. A 13% of Latinos ensures that no religion was taught to them during their upbringing, and they continued like this to join the group of the 30% who does not identify with no religious group.
For every Latino raised without a membership religious and that as an adult he joined a religion, seven latinos have stopped practicing religion from his childhood to become the group ofodd” (without religion).
The protestants latinos are the faithful who show a greater commitment with the practice of their religionsince the 53% attend the services of their congregations one or more times a week, while only 22% of Catholics they do.
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The study “Catholicism continues to decline among US Latinos, but remains the largest faith“, of the Pew Research Centerwas prepared by researchers Jens Manuel KrogstadJoshua Alvarado and Besheer Mohammedwhich proves the evolution either involution of the religions enter the latin american who live in state Joineda country that is home to followers of all the religions of the world.
Unlike Mexico and the rest of Latin Americathe dominant religious blocs in the 20 countries of this region continue to be the catholicsbut in Central America, Brazil and Chilithere have also been declines in their following in the last ten years.
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