Rio de Janeiro has been confirmed to host the
next World Youth Day and pride and boldness of Brazilian church is
immediately increased.
But the data coming from the “New Map of
Religions” published by “Foundation Getulio Vargas” and released in a
note by the Misna agency, reveals that for the first time the
percentage of Catholics in Brazil in 2009 was the lowest recorded in 140 years of statistical research, falling below the threshold of 70%.
Between 2003 and 2009, Catholics have dropped from 73.7 to
68.4%, today they are 130 million. Just among boys between 10 and 19
years of age, the index dropped the most, going from 74.1 to 67.4%.
Rio
is the region with the lowest number of Catholics (49%) followed by
Roraima (46%).
The study also documents that the
Evangelicals, little less the Pentecostals (such as the Universal Church
of the Kingdom of God), besides the traditional ones, have increased,
in the same period of time, passing from 16.2 to 20.2%; also increasing
the “without religion” (from 5.1 to 6.7%), while the so-called
“alternative religions” have gone from 3.2 to 4.6%.
"The changes that before occurred in over 100 years, now
take place in 10 years. If this decrease of 1% per annum is maintained,
the Catholic population will be less than half in 20 years" said
Marcelo Neri, head of research.
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