Religion in Italy

religion in the country

Aradia is one of the principal figures in the American folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland's 1899 work Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, which he believed to be a genuine religious text used by a group of pagan witches in Tuscany, a claim that has subsequently been disputed by other folklorists and historians. In Leland's Gospel, Aradia is portrayed as a messiah who was sent to Earth in order to teach peasants how to use sorcery as an instrument to liberate themselves from powerful and oppressive social institutions and classes, specifically the Roman Catholic Church and upper class landhold

overview of the role of Buddhism in Italy

Italian law under which Italian taxpayers devolve a compulsory 0.8% from their annual income tax return to an organised religion recognised by Italy or to a social assistance scheme run by the Italian State

religious minority in Italy