What is Italy like?

RELIGION

In Italy, by far, the most common religion is the Catholicism; but there are also a lot of different religions.
In 2005, there was a Eurobarometer Poll in Italy, and the results were as following:

• Christians: 53,800,000 (91.6%)
  • Catholics: 51,600,000 (87.8%)
    • Latin Rite Catholics: 51,500,000 (87.6%)
    • Eastern Rite Catholics: 100,000 (0.2%)
      • Italo-Albanians: 60,000 (0.1%)
      • Others (Romanian-Catholics, Ukrainian Greek Catholics, Armenian Catholics, etc.): 40,000 (0.07%)

Other Christians: 2,200,000 (3.8%)

• Eastern Orthodox: 950,000 (1.6%)
  • Romanian Orthodox: 500,000 (0.85%)
  • Ukrainian Orthodox: 180,000 (0.31%)
  • Moldovan Orthodox: 100,000 (0.15%)
  • Others (Bulgarian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, etc.): 180,000 (0.31%)

Anglicans: 50,000 (0.08%)

Protestants: 725,000 (1.3%)

• Evangelicals and Pentecostals: 550,000 (0.94%)
  • Assemblies of God: 400,000 (0.68%)
  • Others: 150,000 (0.25%)

Mainline Protestants: 175,000 (0.20%)

• Waldensians and Methodists: 57,000 (0.09%)
  • Waldensians: 50,000 (0.08%)
  • Methodists: 7,000 (0.01%)

Seventh-day Adventists: 25,000 (0.04%)

Baptists: 20,000 (0.03%)

Brethren: 20,000 (0.03%)

Lutherans: 8,000 (0.01%)

Others (Disciples of Christ, Reformed, Presbyterians, Mennonites, etc.): 30,000 (0.05%)

Jehovah's Witnesses: 500,000 (0.85%)

• Muslims: 1,290,000 (1.9%)
• Buddhists: 160,000 (0.3%)
• Hindus: 115,000 (0.2%)
• Sikhs: 70,000 (0.1%)
• Jews: 45,000 (0.1%)
• Bahá'ís: 4,900
• Federation of Damanhur: >1000
• No Religion: 3,400,000 (5.8%)

Here we can see that there are many varieties of religions in Italy!

TYPICAL FOODS

Italy is really famous for its pastas, pizzas, and other things that involve dough.