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As for the "full of insane catholics " ...well,that was the case some time ago.Or that was as the dictature wanted it to be .A dictature (Franco ) that kept the power because it was a great ally of US .Eisenhower came to Madrid to give support to Franco ,a real "insane catholic " but that was over all a genocide and a dictactor.

Since then the last 30 years of democracy have changed things a lot.In 1976 95% of people declared themselves "catholic" when asked about their religion (and catholic without practicing most of them )...in 2006 we had another big poll and the percentage had slipped to 46%.The church attendance has suffered a lot more nearing very very low levels ....its becoming rarer and rarer to find someone (someone young thats it) that goes to church the sunday.I know only one person who keeps going ...