Is Latin America still Catholic? Andrew Chestnut, Catholic Herald Friday, January 26, 2018 After a half-century of precipitous decline, Latin America, home to 39 per cent of the world’s 1.3 billion faithful, will no longer be majority Catholic by 2030. And since the election of an Argentinian as pope, the number of Catholics in Latin America has declined by eight points. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
Is Latin America still Catholic?
Andrew Chestnut, Catholic Herald
Friday, January 26, 2018