According to the Latinobarómetro Corporation in ''The Religions in the Times of the Pope Francisco'', 41% of the population in
Honduras is ''
Evangelical
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...
'' while 47% is ''
Catholic
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''.
According to the CIA ''
World Factbook
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'', 41% of Hondurans declared themselves as
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
and 46% as
Catholic
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. A CID-Gallup report in 2007 showed that
Protestants comprise 36%.
[International Religious Freedom Report 2008: Honduras]
U.S. Department of State
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(2008).
According to articles published in 2018 by BBC and Periodista Digital, in Honduras and Guatemala there is a sharp decline in the percentage of the population that identifies as Catholic. This is due to rapid increase of Evangelism in the area. Additionally, the percentage of the population that identifies as Evangelical in these two countries practically matches or surpasses the percentage of the population that identifies as Catholic. The article published in the Spanish website, Periodista Digital, states that the percentage of the population that identifies as Catholic in Honduras is only 37%.
Hay siete naciones donde ya representa a menos de la mitad de la población ¿Se desploma el catolicismo en América Latina? La propia calificación del Papa pasa del 7.2 en 2013 al 6.8 en la actualidad
(Spanish) January 13, 2018
See also
*Roman Catholicism in Honduras
The Catholic Church in Honduras is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are over four million Catholics in Honduras - around three quarters of the total population. The country is divi ...
References
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