[haffast]

Note the international comments, then note the more local talent:

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.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Good luck with that.

[Arthur McGowan]

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.

[melsec]

“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.

[Salvation]

Statistics by Country for Catholic Population

What can I say -- a universal church is everywhere! Join us!

Statistics by Country

by Catholic Population

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(Click on the column title to sort by that column)

#	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

Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese. Dioceses with incomplete data may be excluded which will lower the totals for its Country.

[Salvation]

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).

[Gene Eric]

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[Oratam]

to Leslie Ryan

"I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword."