Editing Secularization (section)

=== Spain ===
Spain used to be one of the most religious countries in Europe, but secularization has progressed fast during the past few decades. This was partly due to the role of the [[Catholic Church]] constituting the "doctrinal basis of the most significant organizations of the anti-democratic and anti-liberal right-wing"<ref>{{Cite book|pages=255–263|chapter=Catolicismo y derecha autoritaria. Del maurismo a Falange Española|title=Religión y sociedad en España (siglos XIX y XX)|editor-first=Paul|editor-last=Aubert|year=2002|location=Madrid|publisher=[[Casa de Velázquez]]|first=Juan|last=Avilés Farré|series=Collection de la Casa de Velázquez |isbn=9788490961124 |author-link=Juan Avilés Farré|chapter-url=https://books.openedition.org/cvz/2771?lang=es}}</ref> and the resulting [[anti-clericalism]] that was one of the roots of the [[Spanish Civil War|Spanish civil war]]. Notably, the dictatorship of [[Francisco Franco]]'s core ideology was [[national Catholicism]].

However, agreements linked to the constitution of 1978 separated church and state. In 2001, 82% of Spaniards identified as Catholic but only half did in 2021. Only around 20% of Spaniards go to mass regularly and only 20% of weddings are taking place in a church (2019). Similarly, [[divorce]] was legalized in 1981, as was [[abortion]] and [[same-sex marriage]] soon after.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Anonymous|date=2021-05-01|title=Religion in Spain - Empty pews, big pulpit.|newspaper=The Economist|volume=May 1, 2021|pages=26–27}}</ref>