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Cattolici contro atei: come differiscono e cosa insegna la Chiesa



  • Catholics believe in a personal God, an immortal soul and a judgment at death, while American Atheists defines an atheist as “someone who lacks a belief in gods.”
  • The Catechism calls atheism “a sin against the virtue of religion,” but it says the imputability “can be significantly diminished in virtue of the intentions and the circumstances” (2125).
  • The Second Vatican Council admitted that “believers can have more than a little to do with the rise of atheism” and called for “sincere and prudent dialogue” with atheists (Gaudium et Spes 19, 21), and in 2009 Pope Benedict XVI proposed a “Court of the Gentiles” for people “to whom religion is something foreign.”
  • Secondo Lumen Gentium 16, God does not deny the helps needed for salvation to those who, “without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at an explicit knowledge of God” and strive to live a good life.
  • In a Pew Research Center survey of February 2025, 9% of U.S. adults were “cultural Catholics,” who consider themselves Catholic “aside from religion.”
  • An atheist who was never baptized can marry a Catholic in the Church, but only with a dispensation from the impediment of disparity of cult (canon 1086).

Catholics believe in a personal God who created the world and gives each person an immortal soul. Atheists, as the group American Atheists puts it, “lack a belief in gods.” The Catholic Church calls atheism “a sin against the virtue of religion,” yet teaches that a person’s guilt for it “can be significantly diminished,” and invites atheists into dialogue. The Church also teaches that salvation is open to people who, through no fault of their own, have not come to…

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