Based on the results of the INEGI 2020 national census in San Luis Potosi, the percentage of people who recognize themselves as Catholic has decreased from 82.7% to 77.7%, Christians other denominations increased from 7.5 to 11.2%, and those without a religious affiliation increased by 2.5%. In this regard, the spokesman of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosi, Juan Jesús Priego Rivera, considered these data as worrying.
He acknowledged that the figures undoubtedly represent an affront to the Catholic Church in Mexico and lead to the need to question their own actions from within. “You have to do a conscience examination to recognize that you are not responding to your desires. he needs it, “the spokesman said
He added that these figures certainly can not be ignored, he must lead the church to do an exercise in recognizing shortcomings and find a way to change them, so he said that no doubt when the problem pandemic Once it allows, a national meeting will have to be convened to propose a strategy to stop this negative inertia.
He pointed out that, of course, an analysis must be made of what Protestant or evangelical Christian churches offer that has led to an increase in their believers, it is clear that many Catholic Christians have preferred to change to these new denominations of Christianity, but the more worrying is the rise of atheism, and although he claimed to have a deep respect for those who profess unbelief, he referred to the fact that the scriptures indicate that those who forsake the faith “abandoned rivers of living water and conformed to cisterns.” cracked ”.