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Pontifical Yearbook: More Catholics in the world. According to the 2010 “Annuario Pontificio”, or Pontifical Yearbook, which was presented to Benedict XVI on Saturday, February 20th, there are more …More
Pontifical Yearbook: More Catholics in the world.
According to the 2010 “Annuario Pontificio”, or Pontifical Yearbook, which was presented to Benedict XVI on Saturday, February 20th, there are more Catholics, priests and seminarians in the world, in particular in Asia and Africa.
The Pope expressed his gratitude for the new yearbook that was prepared by the Central Office of Church Statistics, and showed vivid interest in the statistics that indicate a global increase of Catholics in the world. In 2008, the number of baptized Catholics rose to 1.166 billion, an increase of 19 million in regard to the previous year. Comparing this number with the evolution of the global population to 6.70 billion, there was a slight increase in the global percentage of Catholics.
The Pontifical Yearbook will soon be available in bookstores.