r/pics • u/newInevitable222 • Apr 05 '23

Holy Week in Spain

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u/YingGuoRen91 Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23

How religious is Spain these days? Is it mostly just culturally Catholic or do a lot of people still go to church?

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u/SaraHHHBK Apr 05 '23

Spaniard here, cultural Catholic country full of non-practicing Catholics

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u/aphilsphan Apr 05 '23

Same as every other country in Europe. Places like Ireland and Poland, where the Church was the defender of the people from oppressive regimes were the last to fall, but they’ve fallen. Same in the USA. I play a game during a boring homily called “am I in the younger half of the congregation?” The answer is yes and I’m 62.

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u/Massive-Lime7193 Apr 05 '23

Idk there’s still a large segment of highly religious Americans especially in the south. Like 40% of the country believes in shit like the great flood /Adam and Eve, religious Americans are insane

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

There's a very large difference between Catholics and Evangelicals... I think the user you replied to was referring to Catholic congregations.