What do people believe in this culture/society?
The main religion followed in Madrid is Roman Catholicism and this is the state religion according to the current constitution. About 70% of the whole country identifies as being Roman Catholic. About 10% of the country identifies as following various other religions and in Madrid these are mainly, Buddhism and Islam, but there are also some Jews who have settled in Madrid in the past. About 20% of the whole country identifies as following no religion. Although, much of the city calls themselves Roman Catholics, many do not actually attend a church or other Christian institution regularly. Many have either consciously or subconsciously chosen to ignore the Catholic Church's views on morals, sex and other aspects of everyday life. It is quite evident that Catholicism in Spain has put emphasis on the pain of Christ. This is done to show the courage and sacrifice which Christ had shown for the normal men/women. During the holy week many people walk in processions barefooted and with black hats. These people aim to adopt the same attitude of Christ before he died. There has been a lot of unrest between the Catholics, Muslims Jews and Protestants in history. Christianity was adopted by the masses as an end result. Catholicism was taken as the religion of the state when a Concordant was signed with Vatican.
Many Madrileños informally consider football to be their religion as it is generally a football-crazed city, where football is clearly the most popular sport.
Many Madrileños informally consider football to be their religion as it is generally a football-crazed city, where football is clearly the most popular sport.