Editing Brazil (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Brazil}}
{{Further|Catholic Church in Brazil|Protestantism in Brazil}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = [[Religion in Brazil]] (2010 Census)
|label1 = [[Catholic Church in Brazil|Catholicism]]
|value1 = 64.6
|color1 = Purple
|label2 = [[Protestantism in Brazil|Protestantism]]
|value2 = 22.2
|color2 = Blue
|label3 = [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritism]]
|value3 = 2.0
|color3 = Pink
|label4 = Other
|value4 = 3.2
|color4 = Chartreuse
|label5 = [[Irreligion|No religion]]
|value5 = 8.0
|color5 = WhiteSmoke
}}
[[Christianity]] is the country's predominant faith, with [[Roman Catholicism]] being its largest denomination. Brazil has the [[Catholic Church by country|world's largest Catholic population]].<ref name="PEWCATHOLIC">{{Cite web |date=13 February 2013 |title=The Global Catholic Population |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2013/02/13/the-global-catholic-population/ |access-date=10 June 2020 |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]}}</ref><ref name="USDS">{{Cite conference |date=8 November 2005 |title=Brazil |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51629.htm |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=8 June 2008 |book-title=International Religious Freedom Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Catholic population hits 1.4 billion |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262883/worldwide-catholic-population-hits-14-billion |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref> According to the 2010 demographic census (the PNAD survey does not inquire about religion), 64.63% of the population followed Roman Catholicism; 22.2% [[Protestantism in Brazil|Protestantism]]; 2.0% Kardecist spiritism; 3.2% other religions, undeclared or undetermined; while 8.0% had no religion.<ref name="census2010">[ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2010/Caracteristicas_Gerais_Religiao_Deficiencia/tab1_4.pdf IBGE – Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics). 2010 Census]. Retrieved 7 August 2012.</ref> In 2019, it was estimated that 50% were Roman Catholic; 31% Protestant; 11% irreligious; 3% Spiritist; 2% practitioners of Afro-Brazilian faiths; and 0.3% Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-13 |title=50% dos brasileiros são católicos, 31%, evangélicos e 10% não têm religião, diz Datafolha {{!}} Política |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2020/01/13/50percent-dos-brasileiros-sao-catolicos-31percent-evangelicos-e-10percent-nao-tem-religiao-diz-datafolha.ghtml |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}</ref>

Religious diversity in Brazil developed from the meeting of the Roman Catholic Church with the religious traditions of enslaved African peoples and indigenous peoples.<ref name="BoyleSheen2013">{{Cite book |last1=Kevin Boyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxgFWwK8dXwC&pg=PT211 |title=Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report |last2=Juliet Sheen |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-134-72229-7 |page=211}}</ref> This confluence of faiths during the Portuguese colonization of Brazil led to the development of a diverse array of syncretistic practices within the overarching umbrella of Brazilian Catholic Church, characterized by traditional Portuguese festivities.<ref name="georgetown1">{{Cite web |title=Brazil |url=http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/countries/brazil  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825203019/http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/countries/brazil |archive-date=25 August 2011 |access-date=7 December 2011 |publisher=[[Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs]]}}</ref>

Religious pluralism increased during the 20th century,<ref name="Morris2006a">{{Cite book |last=Brian Morris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PguGB_uEQh4C&pg=PA223 |title=Religion and Anthropology: A Critical Introduction |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-521-85241-8 |page=223}}</ref> and the Protestant community had grown to include over 22% of the population by 2010—partly due to a mixture of American missionary and government influence.<ref name="JeynesRobinson2012">{{Cite book |last1=William Jeynes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NIBlry_2oLQC&pg=PA405 |title=International Handbook of Protestant Education |last2=David W. Robinson |publisher=Springer |year=2012 |isbn=978-94-007-2386-3 |page=405}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tautz |first=Carlos |date=2025-04-07 |title=Como os EUA usaram a religião para combater o comunismo no Brasil |url=https://www.intercept.com.br/2025/04/07/como-os-eua-usaram-a-religiao-para-combater-o-comunismo-no-brasil/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Intercept Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref> The most common Protestant denominations are [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] ones. Other Protestant branches with a notable presence in the country include the [[Baptists]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]], [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] and the [[Calvinism|Reformed tradition]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 census results |url=ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2010/Caracteristicas_Gerais_Religiao_Deficiencia/tab1_4.pdf}}</ref> In recent decades, Protestantism, particularly in forms of Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism, has spread in Brazil, while the proportion of Catholics had dropped significantly during the 2010s.<ref name="georgetown2">{{Cite web |title=Brazil |url=http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/countries/brazil  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825203019/http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/countries/brazil |archive-date=25 August 2011 |access-date=7 December 2011 |publisher=[[Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs]]}} See drop-down essay on "The Growth of Religious Pluralism"</ref> As they have spread throughout Brazil, many have even been deeply involved in Brazilian and international politics,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-08 |title=Conservative evangelicals use social media to sway Brazil election |url=https://restofworld.org/2024/brazil-election-evangelical-youtubers/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Rest of World |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Iacomini |first=Franco |date=2024-03-05 |title=Brazilian Evangelicals Bring Their Political Playbook to Portugal |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/03/brazilian-evangelicals-politics-po/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Christianity Today |language=en-US}}</ref> and Evangelical Protestant influence has been implicated in the [[2022 Brazilian coup plot]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 18, 2023 |title=The shared religious roots of twin insurrections in the US and Brazil |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/01/18/brazil-insurrection-evangelical-christianity/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Since 2022, Evangelicals and Catholics have considered begun reconsidering religion as a political factor.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Religião como fator político está diminuindo", diz especialista à CNN |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/religiao-como-fator-politico-esta-diminuindo-diz-especialista-a-cnn/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=CNN Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

After Protestantism, individuals professing no religion are also a significant group, having exceeded 8% of the population according to the 2010 census. The cities of [[Boa Vista, Roraima|Boa Vista]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], and [[Porto Velho]] have the greatest proportion of [[Irreligion|Irreligious]] residents in Brazil. [[Teresina]], [[Fortaleza]], and [[Florianópolis]] were the most Roman Catholic in the country.<ref name="FGV no G1">{{Cite web |last=Do G1, em São Paulo |date=23 August 2011 |title=G1 – País tem menor nível de adeptos do catolicismo desde 1872, diz estudo |url=http://g1.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2011/08/pais-tem-menor-nivel-de-adeptos-do-catolicismo-desde-1872-diz-estudo.html |access-date=7 April 2012 |publisher=G1.globo.com}}</ref> [[Greater Rio de Janeiro]], not including the [[Rio de Janeiro|city proper]], is the most irreligious and least Roman Catholic Brazilian periphery, while [[Greater Porto Alegre]] and Greater [[Fortaleza]] are on the opposite sides of the lists, respectively.<ref name="FGV no G1" />

In October 2009, the Brazilian Senate approved and enacted by the President of Brazil in February 2010, an agreement with the [[Holy See|Vatican]], in which the Legal Statute of the Catholic Church in Brazil is recognized.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2009 |title=Senado aprova acordo com o Vaticano |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/economia/senado-aprova-acordo-com-vaticano-3161783 |access-date=28 June 2020 |publisher=[[O Globo]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Decreto nº 7.107, de 11 de fevereiro de 2010. |url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2010/Decreto/D7107.htm |access-date=28 June 2020 |publisher=Casa Civil da Presidência da República}}</ref>