Religion in Portugal

Which is the main religion in Portugal?

Religion in Portugal
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The main religion in Portugal is the catholicism. Nevertheless, the portuguese constitution establishes the religious freedom in Portugal.

Statistics point that 8 in every 10 portuguese are catholic and nearly half regularly assists to the mass. It’s for this reason that the catholic church maintains, even nowadays, a great influence on the society.

Apart from catholics, Portugal considers a wide number of Evangelical (protestants) and other minority religions as the Jehovah's witnesses, jews, anglican, islamic, hindus, orthodoxes, buddhists and others.

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Why "Portugal Travel"?

Portugal Travel is an organization of Portuguese agencies whose objectives are:

✓ To make Portugal, its culture and its heritage known.
✓ To promote sustainable tourism.

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Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril

Turismo de Portugal