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Posted: Mon Feb 12th, 2007 08:21 pm |
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VATICAN CITY, FEB 12, 2007 (VIS) - This morning, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. presented the Holy Father with the 2007 edition of the "Annuario Pontificio," or pontifical yearbook. Also present were Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, substitute for General Affairs, and the officials responsible for compiling and printing the volume.
A communique regarding the presentation highlights some of the salient facts contained in the new yearbook. In 2006, 12 new episcopal sees were created, as well as nine metropolitan sees and one apostolic administration; 180 new bishops were also appointed.
Between 2004 and 2005, the number of Catholics in the world increased from 1,098 million to 1,115 million, a growth of 1.5 percent. However, because this growth is very similar to that of the population of the planet (1.2 percent), the percentage of Catholics in the world remained substantially unchanged at 17.2 percent.
A geographical analysis of these variations shows that over the period 2004-2005, the number of Catholics in Africa grew by 3.1 percent, while the population of the continent grew by 2.1 percent. In Asia and the Americas the number of Catholics also increased slightly with respect to the population (2.71 percent against 1.18 percent in Asia, 1.2 percent against 0.9 percent in the Americas). In Europe, the number of Catholics grew slightly while the population remained almost stationery.
In 2004-2005, the number of religious and diocesan priests passed from 405,891 to 406,411 (a growth of 0.13 percent). However, the distribution of priests differed from continent to continent, with their numbers growing in Africa and Asia (respectively, by 3.8 percent and 3.55 percent) and falling in Europe and America (by 0.5 percent), and in Oceania (by 1.8 percent).
Numbers of candidates to the priesthood, both diocesan and religious, increased overall, passing from 113,044 in 2004 to 114,439 in 2005 (an increase of 1.23 percent). Vocations are most numerous in Africa and Asia, they are falling in Europe and are stationary in Oceania.
The above article is provided by the Vatican Information Service.
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Posted: Mon Feb 12th, 2007 09:06 pm |
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<<<Between 2004 and 2005, the number of Catholics in the world increased from 1,098 million to 1,115 million, a growth of 1.5 percent.>>>
It seems to me that those numbers should be "billions" rather then "millions", or am I misunderstanding what you are saying? 
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Posted: Mon Feb 12th, 2007 09:23 pm |
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BodRod wrote: <<<Between 2004 and 2005, the number of Catholics in the world increased from 1,098 million to 1,115 million, a growth of 1.5 percent.>>>
It seems to me that those numbers should be "billions" rather then "millions", or am I misunderstanding what you are saying?
It uses European notation, in which what we call a billion is represented as one thousand million. So you can read it as 1-point-115 billion, or 1-thousand 115 million.
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Posted: Mon Feb 12th, 2007 09:30 pm |
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And they said "New Math" was confusing!!! 
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Posted: Mon Feb 12th, 2007 09:40 pm |
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BodRod wrote: And they said "New Math" was confusing!!!
Remember that the U.S. is unique (read stubborn) in many ways. We still use the English system of measurement while the rest of the world is Metric, we write month/day/year rather than day/month/year, we use a different TV system (NTSC) compared to the rest of the world's PAL system, we use 110 volt electical appliances instead of 220 volt, etc. The beverage industry and drug dealers are the only ones who've gone metric! For that reason, most American products can't be sold overseas.
Then again, the distance between railroad tracks is based on the distance between a Roman chariot's wheels, which was in turn based on the width of two horses rear ends, so the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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