Know more about the religion of Spanish speaking countries

1. RELIGION
SPAIN & MEXICO

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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%