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| 2012-03-11 | |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] The number of professed Catholics in the world has grown by 15 million, thanks to increases in Africa and Asia, the Vatican said Saturday, unveiling the latest edition of its yearbook. Wonder how the Episcopalians are doing?
The greatest proportion of Catholics was still in Latin America at 28.34 per cent, down from 28.54 per cent in 2009, followed by Europe with 23.83 per cent against 24.05. The Church gained ground in Africa, where its congregations rose from 15.15 to 15.55 per cent and in Southeast Asia, up from 10.41 to 10.87 per cent. The percentage of baptised Catholics in the world remained stable at 17.5, according to the yearbook presented to Pope Benedict XVI by Vatican number two, Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone and his deputy Angelo Becciu. Numbers of priests also rose in Africa and Asia, by 1,695 and 761 respectively, but fell by 905 in Europe. Similarly, seminarians training to be priests increased by 14.2 per cent in Africa, 13 per cent in Asia and 12.3 per cent in the Pacific regions, but were down 10.4 per cent in Europe and 1.1 per cent in the Americas. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The us Episcopal church is withering, but the world Anglican church is growing by leaps and bounds, especially in Africa, where blacks are discarding Islam and becoming Anglicans in such numbers that Riyadh is scared to death. But some of the African Anglican Bishops and Archbishops are becoming as powerful as princes. Their timing was superb as well, with the schism among US Episcopalians and Anglicans. When the liberals drove the conservatives out, they joined "African missionary" Anglican churches, which are sending huge amounts of money to Africa. Right when they needed it to pay for their explosive growth. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-03-11 12:29 |