Is Latin America no longer Catholic? Increasing cultural and religious pluralism

There is now real religious pluralism in Latin America. Latin America can no longer be considered << Catholic >> in the traditional sense of the term. Other religions -including pentecostal Protestantism-have grown and there is now a notable presence of non believers and of those who define themselves as << Catholics in my own way >>. This transformation has roots in the expansion of education, in the access to mass media and to Internet, and in the growing presence of new social movements, including indigenous movements. Together, they constitute a social and cultural pluralism that may provide the bases for greater democracy in political life.