Argentina

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Argentina}}
[[File:Francis 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Pope Francis|Francis]], the first pope from the Americas, was born and raised in Argentina.|alt=]]

[[Christianity]] is the largest religion in Argentina. The Constitution guarantees [[freedom of religion]].{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=arts. 14, 20}} Although it enforces neither an official nor a state faith,{{sfnm|1a1=Fayt|1y=1985|1p=347|2a1=Bidart Campos|2y=2005|2p=53}} it gives [[Roman Catholicism]] a preferential status.{{sfn|Constitution of Argentina|loc=art. 2}}{{efn-ua|In practice this privileged status amounts to tax-exempt school subsidies and licensing preferences for radio broadcasting frequencies.<ref name=irfr1 />}}

According to a 2008 CONICET poll, Argentines were 76.5% [[Catholic]], 11.3% [[Agnostic]]s and [[Atheist]]s, 9% [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestants]], 1.2% [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], and 0.9% [[Mormon]]s, while 1.2% followed other religions, including [[Islam]], [[Judaism]] and [[Buddhism]].{{sfn|Mallimaci|Esquivel|Irrazábal|2008|p=9}} These figures appear to have changed quite significantly in recent years: data recorded in 2017 indicated that Catholics made up 66% of the population, indicating a drop of 10.5% in nine years, and the nonreligious in the country standing at 21% of the population, indicating an almost doubling over the same period.<ref name="Latinobarometro 2017">{{cite web|title=Latinobarómetro 1995–2017: El Papa Francisco y la Religión en Chile y América Latina|url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/site/artic/20180112/asocfile/20180112124342/f00006494_religion_chile_america_latina_2017.pdf|access-date=19 January 2018|language=es|date=January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093209/http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/site/artic/20180112/asocfile/20180112124342/f00006494_religion_chile_america_latina_2017.pdf|archive-date=13 January 2018|url-status = live}}</ref>

The country is home to both one of the [[Islam in Argentina|largest Muslim]]<ref name=irfr1>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm|title=International Religious Freedom Report 2012 – Argentina|publisher=US Department of State|place=Washington, DC|year=2012|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325215847/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Jewish Argentine|largest Jewish]] communities in Latin America, the latter being the seventh most populous in the world.{{sfn|DellaPergola|2013|p=50}} Argentina is a member of the [[International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance]].<ref name=irfr1 />

Argentines show high individualization and de-institutionalization of religious beliefs;{{sfn|Mallimaci|Esquivel|Irrazábal|2008|p=21}} 23.8% claim to always attend religious services; 49.1% seldom do and 26.8% never do.{{sfn|Mallimaci|Esquivel|Irrazábal|2008|p=24}}

On 13 March 2013, Argentine [[Pope Francis|Jorge Mario Bergoglio]], the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires|Archbishop of Buenos Aires]], was [[Papal conclave, 2013|elected]] [[Pope|Bishop of Rome]] and [[Supreme Pontiff]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. He took the name "[[St. Francis of Assisi|Francis]]", and he became the first Pope from either the [[Americas]] or from the [[Southern Hemisphere]]; he is the first Pope born outside of Europe since the [[Papal conclave|election]] of [[Pope Gregory III]] (who was [[Syrian]]) in 741.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/world/europe/cardinals-elect-new-pope.html|title=Cardinals Pick Bergoglio, Who Will Be Pope Francis|last=Donadio|first=Rachel|work=The New York Times|place=New York|date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326231033/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/world/europe/cardinals-elect-new-pope.html|archive-date=26 March 2014|url-status = live}}</ref>