In Ukraine, the predominant religion is Christianity and the majority of the country's population is Christian Orthodox. However, the Orthodox are divided into three courts: the Ukrainian-Patrircato autonomous Church in Moscow, the autocephalous Orthodox churches of Ukraine and the Kiev Patriarchate, the latter two churches are not recognized by the canonical Orthodox churches. Catholics are headed by the greek-Ukrainian Catholic Church (which also includes the eparchies outside Ukraine) and Ukrainian Catholic Church (Latin America). All baptized Catholics in Ukraine, representing 7.43% of the population, according to Catholic statistics. Ukraine is the Eastern European country in which the conflicts between Orthodox and Catholics, after the fall of communism, led to further tensions. Protestant and 19.2% of the population
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