Spain is a democratic country which is organized as a parliamentary monarchy with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament. Spain which is officially the Kingdom of Spain is a country located in Southern Europe . Three oceans such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Cantarbrian Sea borders Spain. Fifty autonomous provinces comprise Spain. Religion in Spain includes Catholicism along with some other religions as well. However Catholicism is the major religion in Spain.
Spain is dominated by the Roman Catholics. According to the statistics about seventy six percent of the population is Catholics. People belonging to other religious faith comprise of two percent. While there nineteen percent of the population has no faith in God. Those who were christened before, sometimes consider themselves to be the Catholics. There are certain populations who do not involve themselves in any form of religious practices. Religious services are attended regularly on a monthly basis by about twenty percent of the Spanish population.
Present day Spain is secular in nature. In Spain gay marriage is legalized. Again due to the immigration from different countries, the number Muslims have increased. This phenomenon has happened in the nineteenth century. Thus religion in Spain involves a number of Muslim populations. Though Roman Catholicism is the major religion in Spain, nowadays Spain’s second largest religion comprise of Muslims. According to the statistics Muslim population in Spain cover approximately three percent of the total population in Spain. Again Sikhs are also there among the Spain population. Taken together the Muslim and Sikh population form zero point three percent of the total population in Spain.
Jewish population is also found in Spain. It is only after the nineteenth century that the Jewish people got the permission to enter the country. According to the statistics the Jewish population include about a little less than one percent of the Spain population. Present day Spain comprises of about fifty thousand Jewish population.
One thing about the religion in Spain which is worth mentioning is the fact that almost every Catholic Church in Spain is a museum in itself. One can feel the true essence of Spanish life as one enters the Churches. These features remind of the Catholic Churches in the past days, when they were in their glorious forms.
Spain is dominated by the Roman Catholics. According to the statistics about seventy six percent of the population is Catholics. People belonging to other religious faith comprise of two percent. While there nineteen percent of the population has no faith in God. Those who were christened before, sometimes consider themselves to be the Catholics. There are certain populations who do not involve themselves in any form of religious practices. Religious services are attended regularly on a monthly basis by about twenty percent of the Spanish population.
Present day Spain is secular in nature. In Spain gay marriage is legalized. Again due to the immigration from different countries, the number Muslims have increased. This phenomenon has happened in the nineteenth century. Thus religion in Spain involves a number of Muslim populations. Though Roman Catholicism is the major religion in Spain, nowadays Spain’s second largest religion comprise of Muslims. According to the statistics Muslim population in Spain cover approximately three percent of the total population in Spain. Again Sikhs are also there among the Spain population. Taken together the Muslim and Sikh population form zero point three percent of the total population in Spain.
Jewish population is also found in Spain. It is only after the nineteenth century that the Jewish people got the permission to enter the country. According to the statistics the Jewish population include about a little less than one percent of the Spain population. Present day Spain comprises of about fifty thousand Jewish population.
One thing about the religion in Spain which is worth mentioning is the fact that almost every Catholic Church in Spain is a museum in itself. One can feel the true essence of Spanish life as one enters the Churches. These features remind of the Catholic Churches in the past days, when they were in their glorious forms.
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