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To: dangus

The largest part of Catholic growth is natural increase and native converts. 1 million Baptisms plus 175,000 converts minus about 450+ thousand deaths is about 700,000 new Catholics every year. Immigration provides only around 200 thousand new Catholics.


50 posted on 07/21/2004 7:44:38 AM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: Hermann the Cherusker

Including illegal immigration, there probably are about 1.7 million immigrants per year. I doubt that immigrants are only 15% Catholic, given the countries that they are from.


52 posted on 07/21/2004 7:51:44 AM PDT by dangus
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