This site provides information, research, discussion, and analysis of religion in Latin America. It serves as a gateway for information on the Roman Catholic Church as a historical, social and political actor in Latin America from colonial times to the present.

The Religion in Latin America Web site also provides information on non-Catholic religiosity in Latin America, with special emphasis on mainline Protestantism, Pentecostalism, and Mormonism.

The site offers information on non-Western religious expression in the region, including religions of the African diaspora, indigenous religions, and indigenous Christianity in Latin America.

Finally, the site directs the reader to information on non-Christian religions in Latin America, including Judaism and Islam.