In 2023, about 33 percent of Americans were Protestants, down from 69 percent in 1948. In that same year, about 22 percent of Americans were Catholic, while 22 percent said that they had no religion at all.

Except for Uruguay, over ** percent of the population in all the selected Latin American countries defined themselves as Catholics in 2000. However, by 2023, that was the case in only three countries: Mexico, Peru and Colombia. Over this 20-year period, Panama experienced the largest decrease in the share of Catholic believers, plummeting from **** to **** percent.

In 2023, **** percent of Americans were unaffiliated with any religion. A further **** percent of Americans were White evangelical Protestants, and an additional **** percent were White mainline Protestants. Religious trends in the United States Although the United States is still home to the largest number of Christians worldwide, the nation has started to reflect a more diverse religious landscape in recent years. Americans now report a wide range of religious beliefs and backgrounds, in addition to an increasing number of people who are choosing to identify with no religion at all. Studies suggest that many Americans have left their previous religion to instead identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular, with many reasoning that they stopped believing in the religion's teachings, that they didn't approve of negative teachings or treatment of LGBTQ+ people, or that their family was never that religious growing up. Christian controversies Over the last few years, controversies linked to Christian denominations have plagued the nation, including reports of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Southern Baptist Convention. Christian churches have also been accused of supporting discriminatory actions against LGBTQ+ people and people belonging to other religious groups. In addition, there have been increasing concerns about Christian nationalism, the political ideology that asserts that America was founded to be a Christian nation. Although the majority of Americans still think that declaring the United States a Christian nation would go against the U.S. Constitution, studies found that most Republicans would be in favor of this change.

The aim of this project was to develop a dataset describing the U.S. Catholic Church at the diocesan level. The total project consists of six decades' worth of data, from 1940 through 1990. Diocesan information collected from Church and other sources was merged with "https://www.census.gov/" Target="_blank">U.S. Census data describing population and other characteristics of the counties that make up each diocese.

aCatholic populations by country from http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sc1.html[4].bOnly the top 31 Catholic countries with more than 5 million Catholics and countries in which at least 50% of the population is Catholic are included (as well as Canada and Uganda, each with more than 40% Catholic population), which excludes India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Vietnam.cFrom [6], [7].dFrom [8], [9].eFrom [10], [11].fChagas disease is found in every South American and Central American country listed [5].gFrom [31].

This statistic shows the moral stance regarding contraception of American respondents and specifically those of Catholic faith among them in 2012. Of the surveyed Catholics, 41 percent think that contraception is morally acceptable, while 42 percent of the total number of American respondents think the same.

The statistic shows the religious change among major religious groups in the United States in 2012, by gain and loss of members. In 2012, 31.4 percent of Americans reported that they were raised Catholic, but 11.8 percent chose to leave the Catholic church during their life. Considering that about 2.4 percent of population that were not raised Catholic, chose to enter the Catholic church, the Catholic church suffered a net loss of about 9.4 percent of their adherents in the surveyed generation.

description: Roman Catholic Churches In Large Cities in Arkansas This dataset includes buildings where Roman Catholics gather for organized worship in cities with a population of 50,000 people or more. Roman Catholic Churches are Christian Churches that are subject to the papal authority in Rome. In addition to what are commonly thought of as Roman Catholic Churches, this data set also includes Newman (or Neumann) Centers and Chaldean Churches. Newman Centers are Roman Catholic Churches setup specifically to serve college or university populations. The Chaldean Church (also known as the Chaldean Church of Babylon) reunited with the Catholic Church in the 15th century. It originated in the Middle East. If a group of Roman Catholics gather for organized worship at a location that also serves another function, such as a school, these locations are included in this dataset if they otherwise meet the criteria for inclusion. Roman Catholic Shrines are included if they hold regularly scheduled mass. If a congregation celebrates mass at multiple locations, we have tried to include all such locations. This dataset excludes churches that are not subject to papal authority in Rome. Some churches may refer to themselves as "Catholic", and yet not be part of the "Roman" Catholic Church and these Churches are excluded from this dataset. Specifically Protestant Churches and their descendants which separated from the Roman Catholic Church beginning in 1517, Eastern Orthodox Churches (e.g. Russian, Greek) which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1054, and Episcopalian (Church of England in America) which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 are excluded. The 22 "Eastern Catholic autonomous particular churches", with the exception of the Chaldean Church, are also excluded. These are Churches which are in full communion with the Pope in Rome, but which practice their own rites which are different from the Western or Latin Roman Catholic Church. This dataset excludes rectories. Private homes, even if they are used for formal worship, are excluded from this dataset. Locations that are only used for administrative purposes are also excluded. This dataset also includes original TGS research. All data is non license restricted data. TGS has ceased making phone calls to verify information about religious locations. Therefore all entities in this dataset were €œverified€ using alternative reference sources, such as topo maps, parcel maps, various sources of imagery, and internet research. The CONTHOW attribute for these entities has been set to €œALT REF€ . Text fields in this dataset have been set to all upper case to facilitate consistent database engine search results. All diacritics (e.g. the German umlaut or the Spanish tilde) have been replaced with their closest equivalent English character to facilitate use with database systems that may not support diacritics. The currentness of this dataset is indicated by the [CONTDATE] attribute. Based upon this attribute, the oldest record dates from 2007/09/05 and the newest record dates from 2007/09/05; abstract: Roman Catholic Churches In Large Cities in Arkansas This dataset includes buildings where Roman Catholics gather for organized worship in cities with a population of 50,000 people or more. Roman Catholic Churches are Christian Churches that are subject to the papal authority in Rome. In addition to what are commonly thought of as Roman Catholic Churches, this data set also includes Newman (or Neumann) Centers and Chaldean Churches. Newman Centers are Roman Catholic Churches setup specifically to serve college or university populations. The Chaldean Church (also known as the Chaldean Church of Babylon) reunited with the Catholic Church in the 15th century. It originated in the Middle East. If a group of Roman Catholics gather for organized worship at a location that also serves another function, such as a school, these locations are included in this dataset if they otherwise meet the criteria for inclusion. Roman Catholic Shrines are included if they hold regularly scheduled mass. If a congregation celebrates mass at multiple locations, we have tried to include all such locations. This dataset excludes churches that are not subject to papal authority in Rome. Some churches may refer to themselves as "Catholic", and yet not be part of the "Roman" Catholic Church and these Churches are excluded from this dataset. Specifically Protestant Churches and their descendants which separated from the Roman Catholic Church beginning in 1517, Eastern Orthodox Churches (e.g. Russian, Greek) which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1054, and Episcopalian (Church of England in America) which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 are excluded. The 22 "Eastern Catholic autonomous particular churches", with the exception of the Chaldean Church, are also excluded. These are Churches which are in full communion with the Pope in Rome, but which practice their own rites which are different from the Western or Latin Roman Catholic Church. This dataset excludes rectories. Private homes, even if they are used for formal worship, are excluded from this dataset. Locations that are only used for administrative purposes are also excluded. This dataset also includes original TGS research. All data is non license restricted data. TGS has ceased making phone calls to verify information about religious locations. Therefore all entities in this dataset were €œverified€ using alternative reference sources, such as topo maps, parcel maps, various sources of imagery, and internet research. The CONTHOW attribute for these entities has been set to €œALT REF€ . Text fields in this dataset have been set to all upper case to facilitate consistent database engine search results. All diacritics (e.g. the German umlaut or the Spanish tilde) have been replaced with their closest equivalent English character to facilitate use with database systems that may not support diacritics. The currentness of this dataset is indicated by the [CONTDATE] attribute. Based upon this attribute, the oldest record dates from 2007/09/05 and the newest record dates from 2007/09/05

Photograph of five men pulling and one man pushing a two wheeled wooden cart filled with baskets. The street has a sidewalk and men in pith helmets and white suits are strolling along the sidewalk. A field or park is bounded by an iron fence near the sidewalk. Small buildings appear in the field or park. A round sign on a pole is in both English and Chinese.

During a survey conducted in 2023, approximately 54 percent of respondents in 17 Latin American countries claimed to be catholic. Meanwhile, 14.9 percent of the people participating in the survey said they did not profess any religion.In Mexico, more than 69 percent of respondents said they professed Catholicism. Particularly in Honduras, Colombia and Ecuador, most Christians think religion is very important in their lives.

Guatemala was the most Christian country among those selected in the Latin America and Caribbean region, with **** percent of its population following Christianity in 2023. The Baháʼí faith, which originates from the Middle East, and preaches the unity of all religions and all people, was present in both Bolivia and Panama. As for agnosticism, it had the most practitioners in Uruguay and Cuba.

Roman Catholic was the most common religion affiliation in Mexico in 2023. In a survey carried out that year, roughly **** percent of Mexican respondents claimed to be of catholic faith. Mexico ranks among the Latin American countries with the highest share of Catholics. More than nine percent of respondents answered they didn't profess any religion.

Roman Catholic is the most common religious affiliation in Colombia. In a survey carried out in 2023, nearly ** percent of Colombian respondents claimed to be of Catholic faith, whereas the second most chosen religion was Evangelism, with **** percent of the people interviewed. More than ** percent of respondents answered they had no religious affiliation. The advent of evangelicalism in Colombia and LAC The share of Catholics in Colombia is above the average in Latin America and the Caribbean, where about ** percent of adults identify as followers of Catholicism. Nevertheless, even if Colombia stood out historically as one of the countries with the largest share of Catholics in the region, their numbers have been dwindling considerably in the past few decades: in the year 2000, **** of Colombians identified as Catholics, over ** percent points more than two decades later. Meanwhile, Evangelism keeps gaining ground in both the country and the region. While merely *** percent of Colombians were evangelical in 1996, this share had grown almost five-fold by 2020, while atheists and agnostics passed from *** to **** in the same lapse of time. The whole of Latin America is experiencing a similar trend, with evangelists accounting for more than one fifth of the population in countries such as Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Brazil. The success of Evangelical Churches in Latin America is related, among other things, to the creation of social safety nets in poor communities, the rise of conservative political parties and movements, and more flexible standards for ordination.
Religiosity among young Colombians Interestingly, eastern religions such as Buddhism enjoy the same popularity as Evangelism and Protestantism among young Colombians. Religion seems to have a considerable impact on youngsters’ life. More than half of surveyed Colombians aged between 15 and 29 claimed that religious beliefs provided them with inner peace, while another **** and ** percent said that it helped them to quit drugs and gangs, respectively. Only *** percent of the respondents affirmed that religious beliefs had no influence on their lives. As for the religiosity of young Catholic Colombians, very few claimed to be very observant. Around ** percent considered themselves not very observant, while around a third classified as somewhat observant.

This statistic displays the percentage of adults who identified themselves as religiously unaffiliated broken down by country and type in Latin America in 2014, based on the results of a survey conducted on Catholic affiliation in Latin America. In that year, approximately ** percent of Uruguayan respondents identified themselves with no particular religion and ***** percent identified themselves as agnostic.

During a 2022 survey conducted in the United States, it was found that 91 percent of respondents had heard of Pope Benedict XVI. Around 39 percent of interviewees stated that they liked him, whereas 23 percent claimed the opposite. On the contrary, 29 percent of respondents were neutral.

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI was born in Bavaria, Germany as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger. He was elected as Pope in 2005 after Pope John Paul II and led the Catholic Church until 2013. Indeed, in that year, he announced his resignation due to his advanced age, the first papal resignation after Gregory XII in 1415.

Catholicism in the world

Catholicism is one of the main religions in Europe, mostly practiced in southern countries like Italy, Spain, and Portugal. For instance, almost 60 percent of Spanish people considered themselves Catholic in 2022, although this is down from over 70 percent a decade earlier. Despite Protestantism being the main religion in the North, some northern Europeans are Catholic. For example, over 25 percent of the German population was Catholic in 2021. Finally, at lower rates, Catholicism is also practiced in other countries like the United States, with around 13 percent of Americans identifying as Catholic.

According to a survey conducted in 2020, ** percent of Indian Americans in the United States said that they identified as Hindu while ** percent said that they identified as Muslim. A further **** percent said that they identified with no religion in particular.

In 2024, 40 percent of the Catholic population in Brazil believed that abortion should be prohibited in all situations. Among evangelicals, this percentage rose to 44 percent.In Brazil, abortion is decriminalized in three cases: if the pregnancy is a result of rape, if performing an abortion is the only way to save the woman's life, or if the fetus suffers from anencephaly. Most respondents in Brazil oppose abortion legalization.

The 1884 US presidential election was contested by the Democratic Party's Grover Cleveland and the Republican Party's James G. Blaine. The election was the 25th presidential election in US presidency, and it is remembered for the personal attacks and allegations of corruption that took place during the campaign. Grover Cleveland was initially seen as a pure and noble candidate, earning the nickname "Grover the Good" during his tenure as Mayor of Buffalo and as Governor of New York. In July 1884, the Republican Party uncovered evidence of an illegitimate child fathered by Cleveland while he was working as a lawyer in Buffalo, and while Cleveland admitted to paying child support, he stated that the child's paternity had never been established. Shortly before the election, Blaine's campaign published an affidavit, supposedly from the mother of Cleveland's child, where she stated that Cleveland had raped her and had lied about the child in order to protect his career. Despite all of these allegations and rumors, Cleveland remained popular across the country. Blaine's corruption Cleveland's campaign was able to counter these allegations by highlighting his opponent's questionable past. James G. Blaine was one of the most influential figures in US politics in the late 1800s, however he already had a decade-long reputation of corruption, including public letters claiming that he sold his influence in Congress for more than 100,000 dollars, in return for giving land to railroad companies. In the week leading up to the election, Blaine attended a party where speakers openly spoke using anti-Catholic rhetoric, and Cleveland's campaign used this information to galvanize support among the large Irish and Catholic population in New York, which ultimately swung the election in his favor. Results As with many elections during this era, the popular vote was extremely close, with the candidates being split by just 0.2 percent of the vote (fewer than 26,000 votes). Cleveland emerged victorious, and was named the 22nd President of the United States, taking a 48.5 percent share of the popular vote and just under 55 percent of the electoral vote. While the two major candidates took almost 97 percent of the total votes, the majority of the remaining votes were split between John St. John of the Prohibition Party and Benjamin Butler of the Greenback Party, who each received roughly 1.5 percent of the remaining votes.