Religion

In Argentina's national Constitution, it states that the government in Roman Catholic, but all citizens have the freedom of religion.  70% of the country is Roman Catholic, 11% is Protestant, and 16% claim no religion.  Argentina also has many Jews, Muslims, and Russian and Greek Orthodox believers.  Some indigenous peoples follow the Catholic religion, while some keep their traditional beliefs, but many attend Catholic church and bring their traditional beliefs into the Catholic religion.  Argentina has a large population of Jews and Buenos Aires has the second largest Jewish population in the Americas, second New York.  An important part of Argentinian religion is to make annual pilgrimages to holy sites and shrines.  The most popular shrine is the Virgin of Lujan that is being protected by a chapel that is now a holy sight.  Two other important holy sights are Salta city, that holds a statue of Jesus Christ, and Corrientes Province, that holds the Virgin of Itati.  Most states and provinces have patron saints that they worship at local holy sights.