Editing Slovenia (section)

===Religion===

{{Main|Religion in Slovenia}}
[[File:Radovljica Brezje Bazilika Sv Vida 28082012 122.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The National Shrine Mary Help of Christians at [[Brezje, Radovljica|Brezje]]]]

Before World War II, 97% of the Slovenian population identified as members of the [[Catholic Church in Slovenia|Catholic Church in the country]], around 2.5% as Lutheran, and around 0.5% of residents identified themselves as members of other denominations.<ref name="stat.si"/> After 1945, the country underwent a process of gradual but steady [[secularization]]. After a decade of persecution of religions, the Communist regime adopted a policy of relative tolerance towards churches. After 1990, the Catholic Church regained some of its former influence, but Slovenia remains a largely secularized society.

The 2018 Eurobarometer data shows 73.4% of population identifying as Catholic<ref name="EB2018"/> that fell to 72.1% in the 2019 Eurobarometer survey.<ref name="EB2019"/> According to the Catholic Church data, the Catholic population fell from 78.04% in 2009 to 72.11% in 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Prebivalstvo in katoličani v Sloveniji (page 72)|url=https://katoliska-cerkev.si/media/datoteke/Dokumenti%20in%20publikacije/LETNO%20POROCILO%202020-SPLET.pdf|publisher=katoliska-cerkev.si|access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> The vast majority of Slovenian Catholics belong to the [[Latin Church]]. A small number of [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholics]] live in the [[White Carniola]] region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lokalno.si/si/aktualno/ljudje/?id=26004|title=Uskoška dediščina Bele krajine na RTVS&#124;Ljudje&#124;Lokalno aktualno|publisher=Lokalno.si|date=6 January 2012|access-date=2 June 2012|archive-date=8 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208205928/http://www.lokalno.si/si/aktualno/ljudje/?id=26004|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Despite a relatively small number of [[Protestants]] (less than 1% in 2002), the Protestant legacy is historically significant given that the Slovene standard language and Slovene literature were established by the [[Protestant Reformation]]. [[Primoz Trubar]], a theologian in the [[Lutheran]] tradition, was one of the most influential [[Protestant Reformers]] in Slovenia. Protestantism was extinguished in the [[Counter-Reformation]] implemented by the [[Habsburg dynasty]], which controlled the region. It only survived in the easternmost regions due to protection of Hungarian nobles, who often happened to be [[Calvinist]] themselves. Today, a significant [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] minority lives in the easternmost region of [[Prekmurje]], where they represent around a fifth of the population and are headed by a bishop with the seat in [[Murska Sobota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evang-cerkev.si/sl/page.asp?id_informacija=35&id_language=1&id_meta_type=10|title=Predstavitev|publisher=Evang-cerkev.si|access-date=2 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610182949/http://www.evang-cerkev.si/sl/page.asp?id_informacija=35&id_language=1&id_meta_type=10|archive-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>

The third largest denomination, with around 2.2% of the population, is the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], with most adherents belonging to the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] while a minority belongs to the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church|Macedonian]] and other Eastern Orthodox churches.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

According to the 2002 census, [[Islam]] is the second largest religious denomination in the country, with around 2.4% of the population. Most Slovenian Muslims came from [[Bosnia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islamska-skupnost.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2|title=Islamska Skupnost v Republiki Sloveniji|publisher=Islamska-skupnost.si|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319195651/http://www.islamska-skupnost.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2|archive-date=19 March 2012|access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref>

There was a [[History of the Jews in Slovenia|Slovenian Jewish community]] before the [[Holocaust]].

In the 2002 around 10% of Slovenes declared themselves [[atheists]], another 10% professed no specific denomination, and around 16% declined to answer. According to the [[Eurobarometer]] Poll 2010,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url= http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf |title= Special Eurobarometer, biotechnology, page 204 |year=2010 |orig-year= Fieldwork: Jan–Feb 2010 }}</ref> 32% of Slovenian citizens "believe there is a god", whereas 36% "believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 26% "do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force".<ref name=":0" />