Religion_in_italy

Catholicism is by far the largest religious group in Italy. (Catholics make up for the 87.8% of the populations, with 36.8% considering themselves practicing Catholics and 30.8% attending Church every Sunday Corriere della Sera - Italia, quasi l\'88% si proclama cattolico). However, there are also some important religious minorities.

According to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf:

• 74% of Italian citizens responded that they believe there is a God;
• 16% answered that they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force;
• 6% answered that they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force.

Demography

This is a scheme of the religious composition of Italian population (58,751,711 - 2006, estimated):

• Christians: 53,550,000 (91.2%)
  • Catholics: 51,600,000 (87.8%)
    • Roman Catholics: 51,500,000 (87.6%)
    • Eastern Rite Catholics: 100,000 (0.2%)
      • Italo-Albanians: 60,000 (0.1%)Italy, Statistics by Diocese, by Catholic Population [Catholic-Hierarchy]
      • Others (Romanian-Catholics, Ukrainian Greek Catholics, Armenian Catholics, etc.): 40,000 (0.07%)
  • Other Christians: 2,150,000 (3.7%)
    • Eastern Orthodoxes: 940,000 (1.6%)Caritas Dossier Immigrazione 2007
      • Romanian Orthodoxes: 500,000 (0.85%)
      • Ukrainian Orthodoxes: 180,000 (0,31%)
      • Moldovan Orthodoxes: 90,000 (0,15%)
      • Others (Bulgarian Orthodoxes, Serbian Orthodoxes, Greek Orthodoxes, Russian Orthodoxes, etc.): 180,000 (0.31%)
    • Protestants: 675,000 (1.1%)
      • Evangelicals and Pentecostals: 550,000 (0.94%)
        • Assemblies of God: 400,000 (0.68%)
        • Others: 150,000 (0.25%)
      • Mainline Protestants: 125,000 (0.20%)Chiesa Evangelica Valdese - Unione delle chiese Metodiste e Valdesihttp://www.chiesabattistadiconversano.it/i_protestanti_in_italia.html
        • Waldensians and Methodists: 36,000 (0.06%
          • Waldensians: 30,000 (0.05%)
          • Methodists: 6,000 (0.01%)
        • Seventh-day Adventists: 25,000 (0.04%)
        • Baptists: 20,000 (0.03%)
        • Brethren: 10,000 (0.02%)
        • Lutherans: 8,000 (0.01%)
        • Others (Disciples of Christ, Reformed, Presbyterians, Mennonites, etc.): 25,000 (0.04%)
    • Jehovah\'s Witnesses: 500,000 (0.85%)
    • Latter-day Saints: 22,000 (0.04%)
    • Anglicans: 15,000 (0.03%)
• Muslims: 1,210,000 (2.1%)Caritas Dossier Immigrazione 2007
• Buddhists: 160,000 (0.3%)Caritas Dossier Immigrazione 2007
• Hindus: 115,000 (0.2%)Caritas Dossier Immigrazione 2007
• Sikhs: 70,000 (0.1%)Etnomedia
• Jews: 45,000 (0.1%)
• No Religion: 3,400,000 (5.8%)

References

See also

• Christianity in Italy
• Islam in Italy
• Jews in Italy
• Buddhism in Italy
• Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy
• List of Italian religious minority politicians
• Religion by country
• Religion in Europe

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