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A majority of the population of Argentina is nominally Roman Catholic. About 2% are Protestant, and another 2% are Jewish. In the last decades, as in the rest of Latin America, there has also been a rise in Evangelical movements, which have mostly gathered converts from Catholicism in the lower classes. Although Jews only account for 2% of Argentina's population, Buenos Aires has the second largest population of Jewish people in the Americas, second only to New York City. Argentina also has the largest Muslim minority in Latin America (see Islam in Argentina). Catholic practices (especially in the non-central areas) incorporate a great deal of syncretism; for example, religious festivals in the north-western provinces feature Catholic icons in (or along with) ancient Andean pagan ceremonies. The Pachamama worship is still widespread throughout Salta and Jujuy. Catholicism is part of the cultural heritage of most Argentinians. A study conducted by Marita Carballo (board member of Gallup International) for her book "Cultural Values at the Turn of the Millennium" (1999) showed that 78% of Argentinians call themselves Catholic. However, as a whole only 8% attend church more than once a week, and 16% only once a month; among avowed Catholics only 28% attend weekly services, and a quarter of them do not attend any. In most cases, they attend church occasionally for weddings, funerals and major religious feasts. In addition, very few Argentinians align strictly to Catholic mandates (such as those on contraception).
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