Catholic Church in Monaco
The Catholic Church in Monaco is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The country forms a single
archdiocese: the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monaco, which is part of the Catholic Church in France since the beginning of its history. Per the Constitution of Monaco (Art. 9[1]) Catholicism is the official church of Monaco, and is the majority religion;[2]
religious freedom is also guaranteed by the constitution. In 2023, the country was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom.[3]
Chapel of Visitation is now an art museum
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In 2020, there were 32,000 Catholics in Monaco (83.16% of the population);[4] there were 24 priests and 11 nuns serving across 6 parishes.
Other estimates put the Catholic population at 90%;[2] the remainder of the country is made up of Jews (3%), Protestants (2%) and Russian Orthodox (1%) with small numbers of Greek Orthodox, Muslims and others.
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