Catholic Christianity.
The trade that Muslims performed was direct competition for the Portuguese merchants. By the natural laws of competition, the Portuguese wanted to shut down Muslim shipping to expand the ambit of Portuguese shipping. The fact that Muslims were evangelizing a religion that the Portuguese believed to be demonic (Islam), did not help improve the Muslim merchants' esteem in the Portuguese government-leaders' minds.
There are many religions in Portugal but the most dominate one is Roman Catholic
The biggest impact is language. Brazil speaks Portuguese. Most of the rest of Latin America speak Spanish. The other impact is religion. Most of Latin America are Roman Catholic.
Portuguese society is Roman Catholic. But you can find small Christian Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish,Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i, Protestant, Mormon and Buddhist communities.
No language "inspired" Portuguese, but Latin was the language that Portuguese evolved from.
Most Portuguese people are Roman Catholics, 84% of the population.
The majority are likely Catholic.
Christanity
Because they were colonized by the predominantly Catholic Portuguese.
Roman Catholic (85%). Portuguese are known for being very religious.
Roman Catholic
no the portuguese dont have a god of such but all depends on your religion reli . hope this helps.
The trade that Muslims performed was direct competition for the Portuguese merchants. By the natural laws of competition, the Portuguese wanted to shut down Muslim shipping to expand the ambit of Portuguese shipping. The fact that Muslims were evangelizing a religion that the Portuguese believed to be demonic (Islam), did not help improve the Muslim merchants' esteem in the Portuguese government-leaders' minds.
It's language, it's religion, it's culture.
Language: About half of South America (by surface), and therefore about half of Latin America, is Brazil, where they speak Portuguese. In most of the remainder of Latin America, Spanish is spoken. Religion: The main religion is Christianity. The Catholic Church traditionally had a great influence, but people are gradually changing over to various Protestant churches.
There are many religions in Portugal but the most dominate one is Roman Catholic
Spanish and Portuguese are the main languages and Christianity is the main religion.