The number of Catholics in the world has increased with growth - TopicsExpress



          

The number of Catholics in the world has increased with growth registered across all five continents. These show that the number of Catholics in the world stood at 1,228,621,000 with an overall increase of more than 15,000,000. The world percentage of Catholics stood at 17.49 %,. The total number of priests in the world increased by 895 to 414,313. Europe once again registered the largest decrease (-1,375) followed by the Americas (-90) and Oceania (-80). In Africa the number of priests grew by 1,076 and in Asia by 1,364. There was an overall decrease in the number of women religious worldwide, whose numbers dropped by 10,677 to 702,529. In the field of education, the Catholic Church runs 71,188 kindergartens, 95,246 primary schools and 43,783 secondary schools. Charity and healthcare centers in the world run by the Church are 115,352.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:49:26 +0000

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