Religion in Italy Religion in Italy Religion in Italy is characterised by the predominance of Christianity and an increasing diversity of religious practices, beliefs and denominations. Most Christians in Italy adhere to the Catholic Church, whose headquarters are in Vatican City, Rome. According to the 2012 "Global Religious Landscape" survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (an American think tank), 83.3% of Italy's residents are Christians, 12.4% are irreligious, atheist or agnostic, 3.7% are Muslims and 0.6% adhere to other religions. Other sources give different accounts of Italy's Islamic population, usually around 2%. According to other sources, up to 10%
Intersex people and religion majority of Talmudic commentators and Jewish Law decisors do not assign "androgynos" individuals a fixed gender, and instead leave them in a status of doubtful identity. Because of the "androgynos" person’s uncertain identity, they can be classified differently in varying cases - sometimes male, sometimes female, sometimes both male and female, and other times neither. The legal ramifications of such an attitude forces the individual to adhere to Jewish law as "both" a male and female. According to this classification, in cases where the law differs for men and women, "androgynos" individuals must adhere to the stricter option. For example,