Religion
Roman Catholicism is the religion most popular in Italy with 85 percent of its citizens being Catholic. Strange enough, only 20 percent of these people regularly participate in and visit services of worship.
Even the people who don`t regularly participate in the service of worship still participate in festivities all around Venice.
Italy is a place where religion is free, the constitution provides for freedom of religion and the government allows and respects this right in practice. Because of this, there is no state religion and the constitution does not allow support off the state for private schools, however, Catholic churches are allowed few privileges due to its status and historical political authority not available to other faiths.
According to a 2011 survey by Ipsos MORI 77% of the Italians are Christians, 15% are irreligious, atheist or agnostic, 2% adhere to unspecified other religions, 1% are Muslims, and 5% did not give an answer to the question.
Even the people who don`t regularly participate in the service of worship still participate in festivities all around Venice.
Italy is a place where religion is free, the constitution provides for freedom of religion and the government allows and respects this right in practice. Because of this, there is no state religion and the constitution does not allow support off the state for private schools, however, Catholic churches are allowed few privileges due to its status and historical political authority not available to other faiths.
According to a 2011 survey by Ipsos MORI 77% of the Italians are Christians, 15% are irreligious, atheist or agnostic, 2% adhere to unspecified other religions, 1% are Muslims, and 5% did not give an answer to the question.