Religious beliefs in Colombia

Catholicism was the official religion of Colombia after the Spanish colonization till the 1991 inherent reform (National Constituent Assembly), which stated equalitarian treatment from authorities to all the religions. Still, Catholicism is the primary main religion in the country, with an approximated of 75% of the internal population in nominative Catholicism, from which around 25% are practicing Catholics.

During the colonial period, the Catholic Church made and was in charge of public institutions suchlike health facilities (hospitals, leper hospitals and nurseries), jails and teaching facilities (astronomic observatories, botanical gardens, libraries and schools). One of the critique against the Catholic Church are regarding alleged negligence in the direction of priests charged of acts of pedophilia, which frequently were handled with counseling and reassigning to a different parish without actions of law.

Some synergetic spiritual figures in Colombia are Father Marianito, the fertility rites of St Isidro, the curing ghost of José Gregorio Hernández, the Lonely Soul (Anima Sola), the Purgatory souls and local variants of unification from other countries suchlike Maria Lionza cult and Santeria.

Freedom of religion is imposed by the State and well endured in the Colombian culture. Almost entire metropolises and towns in the country have a church and there are also mosques, synagogues and temples, particularly in the largest cities. Other religious belief in the country are Evangelical Christians, Non-evangelical Christians, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventist.