---
title: "Catholics in Mexico and Cuba"
description: "Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Latin America March 23-28 for a much-anticipated visit to Mexico and Cuba. An infographic based on data from a 2011 demographic study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life explores information on Catholics in Latin America, with a particular focus on the Catholic population in Mexico and Cuba."
date: "2012-03-01"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2012/03/01/catholics-in-mexico-and-cuba/"
categories:
  - "Catholicism"
---

# Catholics in Mexico and Cuba

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![pope-southamerica-visit](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/07/Pope-SouthAmerica-visit1.png)

This infographic is based on data from the Pew Forum’s December 2011 demographic study [Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population](/Christian/Global-Christianity-worlds-christian-population.aspx).