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Religion in Belgium

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survey conducted between 20 January and 3 February 2023 on a representative sample of Belgians aged 16 to 74 found that 47% had no religion, 44% was Christian, 4% was Muslim and 2% followed an other religion. The remaining 3% refused to answer. The Christians were further subdivided into 38% of total
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is in the process of being recognized under the secular organization standard. Official recognition means that priests (called "counselors" within the secular organizations) receive a state stipend. Also, parents can choose any recognized denomination to provide religious education to their children
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and his government to find a solution, which proved novel. The government declared King Baudouin unfit to fulfill his constitutional duties as monarch for one day. Government ministers signed the bill in his place and then proceeded to reinstate the king after the abortion law had come into effect.
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attendance and the number of baptized children. In 2006, it announced that mass attendance for the Christmas period was 11.5%, and weekly mass attendance (not only on Sundays) was 7%, for the Flanders region. Since 2000, Sunday church attendance in Flanders has dropped by an average of 0.5%–1% each
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groups outside the Catholic tradition) together formed the Administrative Council of the Protestant and Evangelical Religion (ARPEE in Dutch, CACPE in French). The council is now the accepted mouthpiece of Protestantism in all three linguistic communities of Belgium: Dutch, French, and German.
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was 5.4% in Flanders, down from 12.7% in 1998. Nationwide, Sunday church attendance was 5% in 2009, down from 11.2% in 1998. As of 2015, 52.9% Belgian population claimed to belong to the Catholic Church. According to Ipsos, only 41% of the working-age, internet connected people declared to be
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The Belgian constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally respects this right in practice. However, government officials have the authority to research and monitor religious groups that are not officially recognised. There are a few reports of societal abuses or
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The 21st century has witnessed significant changes in the religious demography of Belgium, characterized by a decline of Catholicism and the growth of irreligion and other religions, some of them brought by waves of immigration from foreign countries, including
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passed a regional decree installing democratically elected church councils for all recognised religious denominations and making them subject to the same administrative rules as local government bodies, with important repercussions for financial accounting and
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Hinduism forms a negligible but growing minority in Belgium. In 2006, there were about 6,500 Hindus in the country. this increased to 7,901 Hindus in 2015 and 10,000 in 2020. The majority of Hindus in Belgium originate from
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Some religious people dispute these precise figures, as it is difficult to determine the number of Belgian Christians that believe in a personal deity. What is also unclear is the number of registered Belgian Catholics with
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prompted most of the Belgian Protestants to flee to the north or convert, causing the region to again be overwhelmingly Catholic. As of 2017, Protestantism represented 4% of the total population, according to Pew Research.
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As of 2015, it was estimated that 7% of the Belgians (781,887) were Muslims, including 329,749 in Flanders (forming 5.1% of the region's population), 174,136 in Wallonia (4.9%), and 277,867 in Brussels (23.6%).
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The Administrative Council of Protestant and Evangelical Religion in Belgium is a coordinating group that mediates between many Protestant groups and the government. The largest Protestant denomination is the
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The “Catholic Church in Belgium 2023” report said that 50% of Belgium’s population identified as Catholic in 2022 down from 53% in 2017 with 8.9% attending Mass at least once a month.
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of Austria, Catholicism was the only religion allowed, on penalty of death, in the territories now forming Belgium. However, a small number of Protestant groups managed to survive at
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According to Ipsos, 1% of the working-age, internet-connected Belgians declared that they believed in Confucianism. This segment of the population may include many – if not all – the
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representing the largest community, though it has experienced a significant decline since the 1950s (when it was the nominal religion of over 80% of the population). Belgium's policy
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if they attend a state school. Adherents to religions that are not officially recognized are not denied the right to practice their religion but do not receive state stipends.
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In 2002, the officially recognized Protestant denomination at the time, the United Protestant Church of Belgium (consisting of around 100 member churches, usually with a
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which was created by Louis-Joseph Antoine (1846–1912). It remains the only significant such movement to originate in Belgium and has adherents in France and elsewhere.
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respondents being Catholic and 5% being other Christians. The sample size was more than 500 people and the confidence interval was +/- 5 percentage points.
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that reside in Belgium, many of them are descendants of traders who settled during the 19th century. Most Armenian Belgians are adherents of the
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past) and the unsubsidized Federal Synod of Protestant and Evangelical Churches (which had 600 member churches in 2008 but did not include all
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which has around 2,000 adherents in Belgium (as of 2020), consisting mainly of Indian migrants who specialize in the diamond trade within
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Apart from Islam, however, these groups are very small demographically, especially alongside the unaffiliated demographic of 37%.
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made up 1.6% of the total Belgian population in 2015. The region with the greatest proportion of Eastern Orthodox Christians was the
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Until the late 20th century, Catholicism played an important role in Belgian politics. One significant example was the so-called
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Catholicism has traditionally been Belgium's majority religion, with particular strength in Flanders. However, by 2009, Sunday
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comprised 1%. Non-religious people comprised 41% of the population and were divided between those who primarily identified as
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Religion was one of the differences between the almost solidly Catholic south and the predominantly Protestant north of the
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discrimination based on religious belief or practice, and some reports of discrimination against minority religious groups.
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From the Spanish military conquest of 1592 until the re-establishment of religious freedom in 1781 by the
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in 2021, the share of Christians was 49%, with Catholicism being the largest denomination at 44%.
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movement. Hindus in Belgium in 2023 push to be recognized as an official religion in Belgium.
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year. In the years 2010 to 2016, 12,442 people in Flanders formally left the Catholic Church.
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Belgian law officially recognizes many religions, including Catholicism, Protestantism,
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Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs.
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Eurobarometer 2015 found only 0.2% of the total Belgian population declaring to be
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Other religions and unspecified including "Refusal to answer" and "Do not know"
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After attaining autonomy from the federal government in religious matters, the
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Church of Redemption, a 1930s Protestant church in Quai Godefroid Kurth, Liège
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Until 1998, the Catholic Church annually published key figures such as Sunday
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were founded in remote places, and it was mainly from these abbeys that the
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process was started. This process was expanded under the auspices of the
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at first, joined by Socialists later) and the Catholic party (later the
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After the Roman period, Christianity was brought back to the southern
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There is a small but long-standing Jewish community concentrated in
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In 2022, the country was scored 3 out of 4 for religious freedom.
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Gujaratis families dominate 60 percent diamond trade in Belgium
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do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force.
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Frank Rooze (inspector of protestant religious education).
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In 2015, according to the Eurobarometer survey made by the
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Freedom House website, Belgium page, retrieved 2023-08-28
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with bishopry towns and abbeys, in about the 7th century
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Hooghe, Marc; Quintelier, Ellen; Reeskens, Tim (2006).
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believe there is some sort of spirit or life force.
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