Catholicism shrinks in Latin America while more are religiously unaffiliated, Pew surveys find

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Catholicism in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade, while a growing percentage of adults identify as religiously unaffiliated , describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” Those are among the key findings in a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center based on surveys conducted in early 2024 of adults in six of the region’s most populous countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. “Our analysis found that the