Overview of the role of the Catholic Church in Brazil
Catholic Church in Brazil
Portuguese: Igreja Católica no Brasil
The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Aparecida It is the second largest church in the world, after St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
The Brazilian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Brazil, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome, and the influential National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Portuguese: Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil - CNBB), composed of over 400 primary and auxiliary bishops and archbishops. There are over 250 dioceses (both of the Latin and Eastern rites) and other territorial jurisdictions in Brazil. The primate of Brazil is Dom Sérgio da Rocha.
The Catholic Church is the largest denomination in the country, where 123 million people,[6] or 64.6% of the Brazilian population, were self-declared Catholics in 2010.[7] These figures made Brazil the single country with the largest Catholic community in the world.[8][9][10] In 2022, Catholics made up 68% of the population.[11]
^VOCÊ SABE O QUE É ESTADO LAICO?
^Religião Católica
^América Latina abriga 40% dos católicos do mundo
^México é o segundo país com mais católicos no mundo, informam dados oficiais mexicanos
^A importância do turismo religioso pelo mundo
^GORTÁZAR, NAIARA GALARRAGA. “Maior Número Católicos No Mundo, Brasil Será Projeto-Piloto Para Dar Voz a Vítimas De Abusos Na Igreja.[permanent dead link]” El País
^[1]. censo 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^"Factfile: Roman Catholics around the world". BBC. 1 April 2005
^Country Studies. "Brazil - Roman Catholicism". source: Rex A. Hudson, ed. Brazil: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1997.
^Scalon, Maria Celi. "Catholics and Protestants in Brazil". America Magazine. 18 August 2003.
^US State Dept 2022 report
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