spanish and mexico religion
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RELIGIONSPAIN & MEXICO
ROMAN CATHOLICISM
• Largest christian group with more than 1.7 billion followers
• Portrays themselves as the one legitimate heir to New Testament Christianity
• The POPE is the Head of the Roman Catholic Church worldwide
• The current Pope is Pope Francis from Argentina
SPANISH RELIGION
• Spain is a nation born-out of religion
• Roman Catholicism is the largest denomination present in Spain
• About 68% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholics
• 2% other believe in other faiths
• 27% identified as atheists or declare they have no religion
HISTORY: PRE-FRANCO
• Spain had a lot of state religion before 1851
• This include Iberian Peninsula, Islam and Jewish
• Catholicism became the state religion in 1851
HISTORY: UNDER FRANCO
• The Franco regime saw the restoration of the church's privileges
• During the Franco years, Roman Catholicism was the only religion to have legal status
• The Government provided financial assistance to Roman Catholic Churches
• Laws that were against the Roman Catholic were passed
• Catholic religious instruction was mandatory
MINOR RELIGIONS
• There are also various varieties of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the non-religious
• A limited number of Hindus, Buddhists, Pagans, Taoists, and Bahá'ís.
• The most visible Pagan religions are forms of Germanic Heathenism, Celtism and Wicca
• Taoism has a presence in Spain, especially in Catalonia
MEXICO RELIGION
FACTS• Catholicism is the dominant religion in Mexico
• About 82.7% of the population as of 2010 are Roman Catholics
• The number of Catholics has been declining due to the growth of other Christian denominations
• About 2 to 5 million Mexicans adhere to the Santa Muerte Religion
• Islam and Buddhism have both made limited inroads, through immigration and conversion.
CHRISTIANITY
• Mexico has different Christianity churches
• Roman Catholics are 82.7% of the total population
• Mexicans combine or syncretize Catholic practices with native traditions
• Other movements include Protestantism, Orthodoxy, Seventh-day Adventist, and Jehovah's Witnesses.
• About 11% of the population are Protestantism
• Protestantism also include some Seventh-day Adventist and Jehovah’s Witnesses followers
BUDDHISM
• Approximately 108,701 Buddhists are counted in Mexico.
• One of six Tibet Houses in the world – Casa Tibet México – is located in Mexico City
• The Casa Tibet México is used to preserve and share Tibetan culture and spirituality
• The Casa Tibet México is used by the Dalai Lama
• Other leaders of Tibetan Buddhism also uses the Casa Tibet México
NON-RELIGIOUS
• Almost 3 million people in the 2000 National Census reported having no religion
• Many atheists are counted as Catholics due to the misconception that Mexicans are Roman Catholicism
• Only around 3% of Catholics attend church daily
• While only 44% of Catholics attend church at least once a week
• The number of atheists grows annually by 5.2%