Religion in Mexico

En México, la religión es una mezcla del catolicismo y las religiones indígenas. La celebración del Día de los muertos es muy popular e importante en México. Durante este tiempo la gente pone comida en las ofrendas para los muertos a comer. Ellos ponen muchos flores, fotografías, y cosas en las ofrendas. Cada casa tiene un altar para los muertos de esta familia. Los mexicanos piensan que los muertos están aquí.


Mexico has no official religion, and the Constitution of 1917 imposed limitations on the church and sometimes codified state intrusion into church matters. The government does not provide any financial contributions to the church, and the church does not participate in public education. However, Christmas is a national holiday and every year during Easter and Christmas all schools in Mexico, public and private, send their students on vacation.
In 1992, Mexico lifted almost all restrictions on the religions, including granting all religious groups legal status, conceding them limited property rights, and lifting restrictions on the number of priests in the country.Until recently, priests did not have the right to vote, and even now they cannot be elected to public office.Roman Catholics are 89% of the total population, 47% percent of whom attend church services weekly, one of the lowest of the developing world. In absolute terms, Mexico has the world's second largest number of Catholics after Brazil. About 9% of the population (6,160,000 people over the age of 5, according to the 2000 census, including Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, and Mormons) are Protestant, of whom Pentecostals and Charismatics (called Neo-Pentecostals in the census), are the largest group.