Among the 65% of U.S. Latinos who say they were raised Catholic, a new study shows, 23% no longer identify as such.
, a lack of LGBTQ inclusivity and the rule that women can’t be priests as reasons for leaving the church, with Pew finding the share of Latinos identifying as Catholic dropping from 67% in 2010 to 43% in 2022.
Still, Latinos remain about twice as likely as U.S. adults overall to identify as Catholic, and considerably less likely to be Protestant. Yes, the number of religiously unaffiliated Latinos is on the rise, but as Mohamed noted, overall “it’s still a minority,” considering the 70% who continue to identify with a religion. Beyond that, even the unaffiliated are not “completely secular,” Mohamed said. The Pew study found that a substantial minority of Latinos who don’t have a religion continue to pray at least weekly.
With U.S. Latinos regarded as the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group, Republicans, conservative pastors and right-wing organizations have centered faith in their outreach to Latino voters, particularly those who identify as evangelical. When looking at Latino evangelical Protestants, half identified with the Republican Party or said they were independents who lean toward the GOP, with 44% identifying as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents.
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