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Except for Suriname and Uruguay, the more professed religion in the South American countries is the Catholic religion. While countries such as Paraguay, Peru, Colombia and Argentina more than three-quarters of the population is Catholic, in Chile it is 57%.

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Destiny Jackson

@destinationtravel

Except for Suriname and Uruguay, the more professed religion in the South American countries is the Catholic religion. While countries such as Paraguay, Peru, Colombia and Argentina more than three-quarters of the population is Catholic, in Chile it is 57%.

A Brief History of Catholicism in Latin America | theTrumpet.com
See this and more on theTrumpet.com
https://www.thetrumpet.com/10541-a-brief-history-of-catholicism-in-latin-america
After Catholicism Reached South America, It Took 520 Years for a South American to Reach the Papacy - The Atlantic
Todays election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy is notable for two big reasons: he's the first non-European, and the first ordained member of the Society of Jesus, to occupy the highest seat of the Roman Catholic Church, both of which upend millennia of precedent.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/after-catholicism-reached-south-america-it-took-520-years-south-american-reach-papacy/317424/
Catholicism in Latin America: 5 key facts - Colonial roots - CSMonitor.com
Pope Benedict XVI began his second trip to Latin America on March 23, with stops in Mexico and Cuba. Here is a brief history of the Catholic church in the Americas.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2012/0323/Catholicism-in-Latin-America-5-key-facts/Colonial-roots
Catholicism in Latin America
In May 17, 2016, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, presented to congress a series of initiatives aimed at promoting greater inclusion and equality in defense of the LGBT community. Among his proposals was the constitutional reform to legalize same-sex marriage across the coun
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mariano-lozano/catholicism-in-latin-america_b_10281874.html
Religion in Latin America | Pew Research Center
Nearly 40% of the world's Catholics live in Latin America, but many people in the region have converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, while some have left organized religion altogether.
http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/
The Church in Latin America | Foreign Affairs
The Roman Catholic Church in Latin America has long been criticized for helping to maintain an anachronistic social system and economic underdevelopment-low levels of education, a rigid class system, disinterest in economic achievement and valorization of order and tradition. Catholics themselves admit that few creative thinkers have come from Latin America, that theologically
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/south-america/1970-01-01/church-latin-america
Catholic Church in Latin America - Wikipedia
The Catholic Church in Latin America began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas and continues through the independence movements of the Spanish-American colonies up to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Latin_America

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A Brief History of Catholicism in Latin America | theTrumpet.com
See this and more on theTrumpet.com
https://www.thetrumpet.com/10541-a-brief-history-of-catholicism-in-latin-america
After Catholicism Reached South America, It Took 520 Years for a South American to Reach the Papacy - The Atlantic
Todays election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy is notable for two big reasons: he's the first non-European, and the first ordained member of the Society of Jesus, to occupy the highest seat of the Roman Catholic Church, both of which upend millennia of precedent.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/after-catholicism-reached-south-america-it-took-520-years-south-american-reach-papacy/317424/
Catholicism in Latin America: 5 key facts - Colonial roots - CSMonitor.com
Pope Benedict XVI began his second trip to Latin America on March 23, with stops in Mexico and Cuba. Here is a brief history of the Catholic church in the Americas.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2012/0323/Catholicism-in-Latin-America-5-key-facts/Colonial-roots
Catholicism in Latin America
In May 17, 2016, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, presented to congress a series of initiatives aimed at promoting greater inclusion and equality in defense of the LGBT community. Among his proposals was the constitutional reform to legalize same-sex marriage across the coun
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mariano-lozano/catholicism-in-latin-america_b_10281874.html
Religion in Latin America | Pew Research Center
Nearly 40% of the world's Catholics live in Latin America, but many people in the region have converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, while some have left organized religion altogether.
http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/
The Church in Latin America | Foreign Affairs
The Roman Catholic Church in Latin America has long been criticized for helping to maintain an anachronistic social system and economic underdevelopment-low levels of education, a rigid class system, disinterest in economic achievement and valorization of order and tradition. Catholics themselves admit that few creative thinkers have come from Latin America, that theologically
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/south-america/1970-01-01/church-latin-america
Catholic Church in Latin America - Wikipedia
The Catholic Church in Latin America began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas and continues through the independence movements of the Spanish-American colonies up to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Latin_America

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Catholicism | Christianity

Except for Suriname and Uruguay, the more professed religion in the South American countries is the Catholic religion. While countries such as Paraguay, Peru, Colombia and Argentina more than three-quarters of the population is Catholic, in Chile it is 57%.

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