Posted on 11/25/2012 4:25:20 PM PST by haffast
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict on Sunday told six prelates newly elevated to the rank of cardinal that all Catholic leaders should shun the "worldly logic of power" and stick to spreading the gospel.
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"To be disciples of Jesus, then, means not letting ourselves be allured by the worldly logic of power, but bringing into the world the light of truth and God's love," he said.
"To you, dear and venerable brother cardinals I think in particular of those created yesterday is entrusted this demanding responsibility: to bear witness to the kingdom of God, to the truth."
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"I think it's about time that we have a diverse and more colourful bunch of cardinals," said Leslie Ryan, a pilgrim who attended the consistory.
"If you want to bring all the Catholics together you need to have a diverse group of cardinals and it's about time."
The choice of the cardinals, ranging in age from 53 to 72, looked like an attempt to counter criticism that he has in the past neglected the needs of the developing world.
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"So the rest of us are actually, you can say, suffering because of the inner difficulties within Islam. But that's the reality we have to live with and we are doing our best. What is important for people to know is that it is not a case of Nigerian Muslims at war with Nigerian Christians."
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"I think we have been used to a humble and hidden type of existence and it doesn't lead us to pessimism," he told Reuters.
"Being a small minority doesn't mean the church is dead," he said. "Of course, who doesn't want the numbers to increase? But there are things in life that are not measured only by numbers."
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-tells-cardinals-shun-worldly-logic-power-115258963.html
According to pilgrim Leslie Ryan, a more "colourful", "diverse" group of cardinals is needed. Color and diversity worked for Obama.
Good luck with that.
Rome should be besieged with letters begging the Pope to remove Cardinals Dolan and Wuerl. Both refuse to obey Canon 915.
As head of the USCCB, Dolan continues to support Obamacare. This means that the US bishops are officially in favor of totalitarian, socialist health care. This means that they are, as a body, enemies of the American People.
Paul Ryan articulated authentic Catholic Social Teaching when he said that Obamacare has “no place in a free society.” Our bishops are, as a body, opposed to America’s continuance as a free society.
“To be disciples of Jesus, then, means not letting ourselves be allured by the worldly logic of power, but bringing into the world the light of truth and God’s love,” he said.
Amen!
That doesn’t just go for the Cardinals it goes for all of us.
What can I say -- a universal church is everywhere! Join us!
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# | Catholics | Population | Percent Catholic | Country | Dioceses | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 145,446,000 | 184,227,000 | 78.95% | Brazil | 268 | 9,951 | 6,902 | 16,853 | 1,456 | 13,282 | 32,827 | 9,222 |
2 | 123,393,000 | 142,364,000 | 86.67% | México | 90 | 11,016 | 3,602 | 14,618 | 744 | 6,509 | 29,051 | 6,101 |
3 | 69,630,000 | 85,930,000 | 81.03% | Philippines | 86 | 5,037 | 2,298 | 7,335 | 11 | 5,694 | 12,102 | 2,909 |
4 | 64,621,000 | 285,538,000 | 22.63% | USA | 194 | 30,207 | 14,699 | 44,906 | 14,362 | 21,698 | 71,250 | 19,081 |
5 | 57,665,000 | 59,725,000 | 96.55% | Italy | 225 | 32,974 | 17,174 | 50,148 | 2,850 | 23,719 | 102,089 | 25,694 |
6 | 44,499,000 | 58,905,000 | 75.54% | France | 98 | 17,238 | 4,692 | 21,930 | 1,857 | 8,361 | 42,442 | 18,844 |
7 | 38,406,000 | 44,508,000 | 86.29% | Colombia | 75 | 5,661 | 2,259 | 7,920 | 278 | 4,163 | 15,178 | 3,831 |
8 | 37,165,000 | 42,335,000 | 87.79% | Spain | 70 | 16,920 | 7,944 | 25,281 | 176 | 13,364 | 52,243 | 22,680 |
9 | 35,010,000 | 37,109,000 | 94.34% | Poland | 44 | 22,556 | 5,901 | 28,457 | 3 | 9,356 | 23,967 | 10,421 |
10 | 34,480,000 | 38,631,000 | 89.25% | Argentina | 69 | 3,577 | 2,071 | 5,648 | 626 | 3,385 | 9,070 | 2,642 |
11 | 29,500,000 | 59,293,000 | 49.75% | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 47 | 2,671 | 1,635 | 4,306 | 3,649 | 7,883 | 1,258 | |
12 | 28,160,000 | 32,079,000 | 87.78% | Peru | 45 | 1,502 | 1,267 | 2,769 | 57 | 2,569 | 5,589 | 1,421 |
13 | 26,297,000 | 82,727,000 | 31.79% | Germany | 29 | 14,323 | 4,042 | 18,365 | 2,494 | 5,875 | 31,811 | 12,488 |
14 | 24,815,000 | 28,256,000 | 87.82% | Venezuela | 38 | 1,493 | 1,064 | 2,557 | 138 | 1,628 | 3,775 | 1,256 |
15 | 17,906,000 | 124,517,000 | 14.38% | Nigeria | 50 | 3,678 | 759 | 4,437 | 6 | 1,938 | 3,716 | 2,041 |
16 | 17,005,000 | 1,098,096,000 | 1.55% | India | 149 | 11,437 | 8,509 | 19,946 | 8 | 17,352 | 82,348 | 8,583 |
17 | 13,070,000 | 29,503,000 | 44.30% | Canada | 71 | 5,296 | 3,145 | 8,441 | 902 | 5,181 | 19,880 | 4,865 |
18 | 11,749,000 | 13,112,000 | 89.60% | Ecuador | 24 | 1,076 | 721 | 1,797 | 74 | 1,381 | 4,617 | 1,208 |
19 | 11,219,000 | 26,537,000 | 42.28% | Uganda | 19 | 1,253 | 331 | 1,584 | 2 | 1,183 | 2,989 | 436 |
20 | 11,021,000 | 15,488,000 | 71.16% | Chile | 27 | 1,177 | 1,155 | 2,332 | 685 | 1,984 | 5,086 | 931 |
21 | 10,465,000 | 39,204,000 | 26.69% | Tanzania | 30 | 1,441 | 699 | 2,140 | 1 | 1,745 | 7,591 | 847 |
22 | 10,304,000 | 13,453,000 | 76.59% | Guatemala | 14 | 430 | 641 | 1,071 | 7 | 1,040 | 2,645 | 448 |
23 | 10,302,000 | 20,589,000 | 50.04% | Angola | 16 | 336 | 293 | 629 | 1 | 723 | 1,731 | 271 |
24 | 9,457,000 | 10,460,000 | 90.41% | Portugal | 21 | 3,000 | 936 | 3,936 | 147 | 1,376 | 5,963 | 4,395 |
25 | 8,253,000 | 9,737,000 | 84.76% | Bolivia | 18 | 482 | 631 | 1,113 | 83 | 1,130 | 2,563 | 583 |
26 | 8,039,000 | 9,344,000 | 86.03% | Dominican Republic | 12 | 424 | 454 | 878 | 363 | 605 | 1,723 | 569 |
27 | 8,018,000 | 32,296,000 | 24.83% | Kenya | 26 | 1,083 | 814 | 1,897 | 1 | 2,204 | 3,747 | 708 |
28 | 7,775,000 | 10,292,000 | 75.54% | Belgium | 9 | 4,410 | 2,869 | 7,279 | 558 | 3,971 | 13,288 | 3,949 |
29 | 6,743,000 | 10,316,000 | 65.36% | Haïti | 9 | 400 | 291 | 691 | 4 | 682 | 1,789 | 296 |
30 | 6,439,000 | 204,229,000 | 3.15% | Indonesia | 37 | 1,317 | 1,721 | 3,038 | 13 | 4,146 | 7,372 | 1,130 |
31 | 6,330,000 | 12,544,000 | 50.46% | Cuba | 11 | 180 | 119 | 299 | 60 | 152 | 650 | 290 |
32 | 6,056,000 | 10,402,000 | 58.22% | Hungary | 16 | 1,845 | 330 | 2,175 | 52 | 483 | 1,237 | 2,221 |
33 | 5,790,000 | 7,288,000 | 79.45% | Honduras | 8 | 203 | 214 | 417 | 1 | 243 | 779 | 182 |
34 | 5,755,000 | 7,982,000 | 72.10% | Austria | 12 | 2,629 | 1,731 | 4,360 | 425 | 2,374 | 5,220 | 3,058 |
35 | 5,658,000 | 82,312,000 | 6.87% | Viêt Nam | 25 | 2,194 | 474 | 2,668 | 11 | 2,793 | 11,443 | 2,228 |
36 | 5,436,000 | 7,144,000 | 76.09% | El Salvador | 9 | 469 | 238 | 707 | 4 | 344 | 1,491 | 418 |
37 | 5,239,000 | 18,841,000 | 27.81% | Australia | 32 | 1,943 | 1,172 | 3,115 | 53 | 2,138 | 6,876 | 1,378 |
38 | 5,239,000 | 5,722,000 | 91.56% | Paraguay | 15 | 333 | 766 | 1,099 | 112 | 1,011 | 2,127 | 374 |
39 | 5,212,000 | 6,385,000 | 81.63% | Nicaragua | 8 | 296 | 123 | 419 | 27 | 219 | 1,028 | 252 |
40 | 5,042,000 | 16,117,000 | 31.28% | Netherlands | 8 | 1,387 | 2,031 | 3,418 | 310 | 3,383 | 9,128 | 1,520 |
41 | 4,787,000 | 56,276,000 | 8.51% | Great Britain | 32 | 4,031 | 1,622 | 5,653 | 612 | 2,177 | 7,109 | 3,099 |
42 | 4,766,000 | 64,915,000 | 7.34% | Ukraine | 19 | 2,348 | 411 | 2,770 | 11 | 665 | 1,095 | 4,026 |
43 | 4,701,000 | 20,072,000 | 23.42% | Madagascar | 20 | 498 | 645 | 1,143 | 1,494 | 3,930 | 314 | |
44 | 4,567,000 | 6,999,000 | 65.25% | Burundi | 7 | 340 | 95 | 435 | 302 | 1,093 | 132 | |
45 | 4,377,000 | 49,409,000 | 8.86% | Korea (South) | 18 | 2,672 | 539 | 3,211 | 1,472 | 8,397 | 1,366 | |
46 | 4,314,000 | 19,318,000 | 22.33% | Mozambique | 12 | 186 | 312 | 498 | 1 | 536 | 979 | 280 |
47 | 4,287,000 | 17,109,000 | 25.06% | Cameroon | 23 | 902 | 504 | 1,406 | 16 | 1,019 | 1,958 | 740 |
48 | 4,161,000 | 5,467,000 | 76.11% | Ireland | 26 | 3,097 | 1,593 | 4,690 | 1 | 2,460 | 8,088 | 1,312 |
49 | 4,133,000 | 8,625,000 | 47.92% | Rwanda | 9 | 413 | 124 | 537 | 331 | 1,390 | 138 | |
50 | 4,019,000 | 44,028,000 | 9.13% | Sudan | 9 | 269 | 95 | 364 | 4 | 167 | 343 | 195 |
51 | 3,942,000 | 5,395,000 | 73.07% | Slovakia | 9 | 2,037 | 591 | 2,628 | 20 | 996 | 3,018 | 1,507 |
52 | 3,867,000 | 5,259,000 | 73.53% | Croatia | 15 | 1,496 | 833 | 2,329 | 1 | 1,018 | 3,288 | 1,603 |
53 | 3,763,000 | 4,513,000 | 83.38% | Costa Rica | 8 | 549 | 212 | 761 | 3 | 327 | 948 | 307 |
54 | 3,519,000 | 10,284,000 | 34.22% | Czech Republic | 9 | 1,376 | 620 | 1,996 | 152 | 798 | 1,935 | 3,139 |
55 | 3,425,000 | 12,138,000 | 28.22% | Zambia | 10 | 283 | 354 | 637 | 1 | 596 | 1,596 | 265 |
56 | 3,281,000 | 15,081,000 | 21.76% | Malawi | 7 | 281 | 127 | 408 | 265 | 963 | 147 | |
57 | 3,186,000 | 6,914,000 | 46.08% | Switzerland | 8 | 1,775 | 1,225 | 3,000 | 157 | 1,606 | 5,679 | 1,662 |
58 | 3,101,000 | 48,770,000 | 6.36% | South Africa | 27 | 453 | 645 | 1,098 | 213 | 1,132 | 2,577 | 736 |
59 | 2,964,000 | 397,673,000 | .75% | China | 117 | 2,270 | 2,289 | 4,559 | 6 | 1,933 | 6,079 | 2,335 |
60 | 2,841,000 | 18,805,000 | 15.11% | Côte d'Ivoire | 14 | 652 | 237 | 889 | 6 | 533 | 831 | 287 |
61 | 2,799,000 | 3,823,000 | 73.21% | Puerto Rico | 5 | 369 | 365 | 734 | 418 | 469 | 1,158 | 327 |
62 | 2,766,000 | 3,457,000 | 80.01% | Lithuania | 8 | 681 | 98 | 779 | 4 | 145 | 773 | 677 |
63 | 2,675,000 | 21,520,000 | 12.43% | Ghana | 18 | 876 | 193 | 1,069 | 1 | 476 | 794 | 366 |
64 | 2,315,000 | 3,176,000 | 72.89% | Uruguay | 10 | 203 | 256 | 459 | 76 | 382 | 1,089 | 226 |
65 | 2,233,000 | 8,241,000 | 27.10% | Antilles | 21 | 287 | 337 | 624 | 81 | 518 | 1,055 | 465 |
66 | 2,077,000 | 4,114,000 | 50.49% | Congo | 7 | 176 | 62 | 238 | 1 | 152 | 232 | 158 |
67 | 1,883,000 | - | Lebanon | 23 | 1,001 | 602 | 1,603 | 4 | 1,030 | 2,728 | 1,253 | |
68 | 1,875,000 | 21,709,000 | 8.64% | Romania | 12 | 1,551 | 182 | 1,733 | 4 | 437 | 1,326 | 1,430 |
69 | 1,799,000 | 2,107,000 | 85.38% | Panama | 8 | 199 | 197 | 396 | 64 | 270 | 447 | 186 |
70 | 1,688,000 | 4,968,000 | 33.98% | Papua New Guinea | 19 | 185 | 328 | 513 | 7 | 672 | 861 | 305 |
71 | 1,646,000 | 7,155,000 | 23.00% | Benin | 10 | 394 | 107 | 501 | 227 | 939 | 212 | |
72 | 1,623,000 | 1,997,000 | 81.27% | Slovenia | 3 | 854 | 296 | 1,150 | 8 | 372 | 741 | 803 |
73 | 1,545,000 | 13,169,000 | 11.73% | Burkina Faso | 13 | 559 | 157 | 716 | 491 | 1,218 | 141 | |
74 | 1,483,000 | 5,968,000 | 24.85% | Togo | 7 | 321 | 127 | 448 | 337 | 735 | 151 | |
75 | 1,364,000 | 20,204,000 | 6.75% | Sri Lanka | 11 | 648 | 307 | 955 | 626 | 2,300 | 391 | |
76 | 1,300,000 | 47,760,000 | 2.72% | Yemen | 1 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 1 | 36 | 64 | 20 |
77 | 1,282,000 | 14,580,000 | 8.79% | Zimbabwe | 8 | 183 | 220 | 403 | 12 | 528 | 1,049 | 208 |
78 | 1,191,000 | 165,809,000 | .72% | Pakistan | 7 | 122 | 112 | 234 | 1 | 208 | 662 | 114 |
79 | 1,030,000 | 10,310,000 | 9.99% | Belarus | 4 | 214 | 157 | 371 | 207 | 354 | 402 | |
80 | 971,000 | 1,811,000 | 53.62% | Lesotho | 4 | 67 | 80 | 147 | 150 | 653 | 86 | |
81 | 793,000 | 3,492,000 | 22.71% | Central African Republic | 9 | 139 | 138 | 277 | 189 | 334 | 114 | |
82 | 789,000 | 147,125,000 | .54% | Russian Federation | 5 | 126 | 142 | 268 | 3 | 193 | 309 | 426 |
83 | 784,000 | 24,740,000 | 3.17% | Malaysia | 8 | 179 | 48 | 227 | 1 | 101 | 558 | 142 |
84 | 767,000 | 823,000 | 93.20% | East Timor | 2 | 44 | 69 | 113 | 195 | 289 | 37 | |
85 | 720,000 | 8,178,000 | 8.80% | Chad | 8 | 131 | 111 | 242 | 157 | 375 | 109 | |
86 | 703,000 | 2,500,000 | 28.12% | Pacific (Oceania) | 17 | 213 | 260 | 473 | 141 | 463 | 837 | 345 |
87 | 673,000 | 10,357,000 | 6.50% | Senegal | 7 | 267 | 127 | 394 | 336 | 719 | 125 | |
88 | 615,000 | 1,325,000 | 46.42% | Gabon | 6 | 57 | 61 | 118 | 1 | 95 | 167 | 64 |
89 | 603,000 | 58,304,000 | 1.03% | Myanmar | 12 | 515 | 29 | 544 | 159 | 1,454 | 290 | |
90 | 595,000 | 645,000 | 92.25% | Réunion | 1 | 58 | 52 | 110 | 13 | 86 | 505 | 75 |
91 | 548,000 | 586,000 | 93.52% | Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 63 | 45 | 108 | 2 | 86 | 208 | 69 |
92 | 541,000 | 9,878,000 | 5.48% | Serbia and Montenegro | 7 | 205 | 46 | 251 | 7 | 57 | 319 | 265 |
93 | 533,000 | 59,862,000 | .89% | Ethiopia | 10 | 189 | 289 | 478 | 1 | 461 | 596 | 246 |
94 | 509,000 | 127,851,000 | .40% | Japan | 16 | 501 | 1,088 | 1,589 | 12 | 1,407 | 6,263 | 848 |
95 | 464,000 | 2,981,000 | 15.57% | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 266 | 361 | 627 | 1 | 437 | 499 | 276 |
96 | 459,000 | 3,945,000 | 11.63% | New Zealand | 7 | 317 | 201 | 518 | 9 | 366 | 944 | 271 |
97 | 432,000 | 465,000 | 92.90% | Cape Verde | 2 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 42 | 134 | 31 | |
98 | 430,000 | 2,381,000 | 18.06% | Latvia | 4 | 108 | 27 | 135 | 1 | 32 | 109 | 267 |
99 | 425,000 | 1,000,000 | 42.50% | Syria | 17 | 199 | 77 | 276 | 12 | 96 | 375 | 227 |
100 | 414,000 | 3,500,000 | 11.83% | Iraq | 15 | 142 | 37 | 179 | 9 | 71 | 424 | 119 |
101 | 388,000 | 448,000 | 86.61% | Luxembourg | 1 | 180 | 68 | 248 | 7 | 80 | 566 | 275 |
102 | 375,000 | 2,235,000 | 16.78% | Namibia | 3 | 19 | 63 | 82 | 45 | 97 | 399 | 91 |
103 | 368,000 | 386,000 | 95.34% | Malta | 2 | 477 | 448 | 925 | 524 | 1,047 | 79 | |
104 | 310,000 | 1,178,000 | 26.32% | Mauritius | 2 | 61 | 40 | 101 | 74 | 244 | 49 | |
105 | 303,000 | 22,158,000 | 1.37% | Taiwan | 7 | 226 | 479 | 705 | 644 | 1,056 | 452 | |
106 | 299,000 | - | Egypt | 12 | 205 | 327 | 532 | 462 | 1,323 | 205 | ||
107 | 292,000 | 63,922,000 | .46% | Thailand | 10 | 433 | 229 | 662 | 434 | 1,439 | 436 | |
108 | 283,000 | 119,062,000 | .24% | Bangladesh | 6 | 126 | 131 | 257 | 226 | 1,059 | 81 | |
109 | 270,000 | - | Armenia | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 43 | 48 | ||
110 | 235,000 | 2,460,000 | 9.55% | Albania | 4 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 35 | 177 | 72 | |
111 | 227,000 | 15,039,000 | 1.51% | Mali | 6 | 79 | 71 | 150 | 88 | 280 | 42 | |
112 | 186,000 | 5,966,000 | 3.12% | Sierra Leone | 3 | 69 | 51 | 120 | 80 | 39 | 61 | |
113 | 182,000 | 15,889,000 | 1.15% | Kazakhstan | 4 | 45 | 29 | 74 | 40 | 100 | 46 | |
114 | 171,000 | 6,646,000 | 2.57% | Guinea | 3 | 80 | 19 | 99 | 36 | 100 | 56 | |
115 | 165,000 | 2,850,000 | 5.79% | Liberia | 3 | 36 | 16 | 52 | 29 | 42 | 49 | |
116 | 162,000 | 4,185,000 | 3.87% | Singapore | 1 | 70 | 67 | 137 | 132 | 202 | 30 | |
117 | 158,000 | 2,650,000 | 5.96% | Kuwait | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
118 | 148,000 | 4,968,000 | 2.98% | Eritrea | 3 | 80 | 252 | 332 | 347 | 562 | 110 | |
119 | 144,000 | 8,977,000 | 1.60% | Sweden | 1 | 73 | 78 | 151 | 23 | 96 | 215 | 41 |
120 | 123,000 | 11,862,000 | 1.04% | Greece | 11 | 53 | 37 | 90 | 3 | 65 | 124 | 86 |
121 | 121,000 | 138,000 | 87.68% | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 12 | |
122 | 120,000 | 1,300,000 | 9.23% | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 13 | 54 | 67 | 78 | 133 | 30 | |
123 | 91,000 | 437,000 | 20.82% | Solomon Islands | 3 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 43 | 95 | 27 | |
124 | 83,000 | 1,735,000 | 4.78% | Botswana | 2 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 1 | 44 | 72 | 33 |
125 | 83,000 | - | Palestine | 2 | 86 | 304 | 390 | 509 | 1,209 | 74 | ||
126 | 75,000 | 5,939,000 | 1.26% | Libya | 4 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 133 | 13 | |
127 | 74,000 | 8,000,000 | .93% | Bulgaria | 3 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 43 | 87 | 56 | |
128 | 74,000 | - | Israel | 2 | 58 | 30 | 88 | 38 | 612 | 18 | ||
129 | 70,000 | 82,000 | 85.37% | Seychelles | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 17 |
130 | 55,000 | 4,556,000 | 1.21% | Norway | 3 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 3 | 48 | 173 | 32 |
131 | 55,000 | 990,000 | 5.56% | Swaziland | 1 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 58 | 15 | |
132 | 39,000 | 6,524,000 | .60% | Laos | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 83 | 77 | ||
133 | 35,000 | 5,501,000 | .64% | Denmark | 1 | 39 | 38 | 77 | 5 | 43 | 222 | 50 |
134 | 35,000 | 1,680,000 | 2.08% | Gambia | 1 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 42 | 54 | |
135 | 31,000 | - | Jordan | 1 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 28 | ||
136 | 29,000 | 32,000 | 90.63% | Monaco | 1 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 6 |
137 | 28,000 | - | Turkey | 6 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 2 | 68 | 115 | 43 | |
138 | 25,000 | 33,000 | 75.76% | Liechtenstein | 1 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 10 | 57 | 10 | |
139 | 24,000 | - | Iran | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 17 | |
140 | 23,000 | 31,700,000 | .07% | Morocco | 2 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 56 | 239 | 40 | |
141 | 21,000 | 347,000 | 6.05% | Brunei Darussalam | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
142 | 21,000 | 28,000 | 75.00% | Gibraltar | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |
143 | 21,000 | 12,571,000 | .17% | Cambodia | 3 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 47 | 72 | 36 | |
144 | 20,000 | 4,247,000 | .47% | Moldova | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 40 | 11 |
145 | 20,000 | 9,700,000 | .21% | Tunisia | 1 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 25 | 139 | 11 | |
146 | 16,000 | 11,880,000 | .13% | Niger | 2 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 35 | 81 | 17 | |
147 | 14,000 | 2,350,000 | .60% | Macedonia | 2 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 7 | |
148 | 10,000 | 780,000 | 1.28% | Cyprus | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
149 | 8,000 | 5,206,000 | .15% | Finland | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 7 |
150 | 7,000 | 557,000 | 1.26% | Djibouti | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 6 | |
151 | 7,000 | 24,421,000 | .03% | Nepal | 1 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 56 | 115 | 42 | |
152 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 100.00% | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
153 | 5,000 | 1,370,000 | .36% | Estonia | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 6 | |
154 | 5,000 | 290,000 | 1.72% | Iceland | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 4 | |
155 | 4,000 | 907,000 | .44% | Comoros | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
156 | 4,000 | 2,600,000 | .15% | Mauritania | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 34 | 6 | |
157 | 3,000 | 31,135,000 | .01% | Algeria | 4 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 1 | 77 | 195 | 37 |
Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook.[1]
According to the CIA Factbook, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, the USA, and Italy. The country with the largest Catholic percentage of the population is Vatican City, at 100%.
According to the Census of the 2012 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1.196 billion at the end of 2010 (At the end of 2009, it was about 1.181 billion).
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"I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword."
Pope Julius II?
Those are some very impressive numbers. Here is some more:
Number of Popes by Nationality
190 Italian
18 French
9 Greek
6 German
5 Syrian
3 Israelite
3 various African
2 Spanish
2 Portuguese
1 Illyrian
1 English
1 Dutch
1 Polish
Mostly White Guys - “Chosen” By God?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_popes_by_nationality
Antipopes - God’s Confusion? Or man’s?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antipopes
Sedevacantism - (C)atholic Confusion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedevacantism
Further Confusion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations
Can you point me towards resources showing a breakdown of income and expenditure distibution by country not necessarily Vatican specific?
http://www.zenit.org/article-35144?l=english
Thank-you.
I read that as Christ's answer to Rodney King's question "Can't we all get along?" and an admonition to make no accommodation with this world.
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