Latin America’s Catholic Decline: Statistical Obsession Masks Apostasy Crisis
Catholic News Agency portal reports on January 21, 2026 that despite remaining Latin America’s largest religious group, Catholicism has declined across six surveyed nations (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) with Colombia experiencing a 19% drop since 2013. The Pew Research Center study cites religious switching as primary cause, with former Catholics becoming either Protestant or religiously unaffiliated (“nones”), while noting high prayer frequency among remaining adherents. Parallel declines are observed among US Hispanics, where Catholic identification fell from 58% to 42% since 2014. This data-driven analysis epitomizes the conciliar sect’s reduction of faith to sociological metrics while obscuring doctrinal apostasy.