RELIGION

2 Religion:

The most widely practiced religion in Barcelona is Catholic Christianity .

Catholicism:

survey of religious:

2011: 49.5% of Barcelona's residents identified themselves as Catholic. 2019 : 53.2% of residents in Barcelona identified themselves as Catholic .

9.9% practicing Catholics 43.3% non practicing Catholics Islam is the second largest religion

In 2014, 322,698 people in the province of Barcelona identified as Muslims

The city also has the largest Jewish community in Spain.

There are an estimated 3,500 Jewish residents in Barcelona.

Barcelona, a city of religious diversity • Several centers of worship. • variety of worship, convictions and religions. • The Catalan capital has become a meeting point where different faiths converge. • 569 places of worship.

Gothic Barcelona :

The Gothic district is a historical component of the expansionist era of Barcelona • Barcelona saw growth in the form of merchants, craftsmen, sailors, and professionals

La Nit de les Religions in Barcelona:

Four years ago, a group of young people created the UNESCO Association for Interreligious . Call it “The Long Night of Religions” in Berlin

• This is event has been very well received and has grown since it was first created in 2016, according to Sergi Arévalo • everyone can visit different places of worship and meet the people who pray there.

importance of this initiative in the promotion of :

1-interreligious dialogue between people of different convictions and philosophies. 2- It helps cooperation between different religious.