[zerosix]

Maybe southern but not in areas around Rome, Tuscany area, Venice nor other costal metro areas.

Where my daughter lived was not in Milan, but was actually in a suburb or another very small town, very quaint, not at all urban but still quite Euro secular.

Folks around the area were very, very nice, just not at all religious and certainly not believers.

[Ciampino]

Remember that Italy used to have (and may still have) the largest Communist Party outside of the old USSR and China. Those members would hardly be religious.