catholic population

I have to ask because I continuously here the 1 billion figure, 1 in 6 people is Catholic. However, I know plenty of people who were baptized and confirmed in the Catholic church who now identify as atheist or are part of another religion. Somehow I feel like these people are still getting counted as Catholic. So is it based on polling? or Church registry? Please don't answer if it's just what you think, I want to know. It's a waste of time.

Well Adherents.com made reference to Pew Reports or Censuses taken by the Parishes themselves.
They also cited: "Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center, P.O. Box 507, Mars Hill, NC 28754. Principle investigator: Church Growth Research Center, Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, MO. This data source was obtained from the American Religion Data Archive." As their source of data.

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Here are some interesting footnotes according to Adherents.com's own research...

Catholic countries have lower suicide rates than Protestant ones and "even within Protestant countries those areas with Catholic populations [have] lower rates." It is worth noting that "the reduced suicide rate of Catholics relative to Protestants is independent of their minority status."
[Sources: Study by Emile Durkheim, cited in Robert Alun Jones. Emile Durkheim: An Introduction to Four Major Works. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1986. Pg. 82-114.; John Hood-Williams (Department of Social Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK). "Studying Suicide" in Health & Place (Vol. 2. No. 3; 1996), pg. 167-177.]

A national survey conducted by the Barna Research Group (Ventura, California), determined that in the U.S., Catholics and Lutherans have the lowest divorce rate among major Christian denominations. (Baptists had the highest divorce rate).
[Sources: Barna report online; Greg Garrison. "Survey: Baptists lead in divorces" in The Birmingham News, 30 Dec. 1999.]

"Catholic countries consume significantly more alcohol than Protestant (or neither religion dominant) countries."
[Source: Stanton Peele (Fellow, The Lindesmith Center, New York). "Utilizing Culture and Behaviour in Epidemiological Models of Alcohol Consumption and Consequences for Western Nations" in Alcohol & Alcoholism (vol. 32; 1997), pg. 51-64.]

More science fiction and fantasy writers belong to the Catholic Church than to any other religious body. Notable among these are G.K. Chesterton, Andrew Greeley, J.R.R. Tolkien, R.A. Lafferty, Anthony Boucher, Clifford Simak, Walter M. Miller, Jr. and Gene Wolfe. On a per capita basis, there are more practicing Catholics than practicing Protestants among mainstream sf/f writers. However, there are some specific religious bodies other than the Catholic Church which are better represented on a per capita basis. In the introduction to Sacred Visions, Andrew Greeley (the famed priest-sociologist-novelist) suggests Catholicism fits better with science fiction than Protestantism. The Jesuit priest/scientist is one of the most common types of religious characters in science fiction literature.
[Source: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Various Faiths.]

2009-11-06 15:16:26 by Gronz

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What state are they in? (USA only please)
What is the crime rate?
How expencive is the area?
What sort of jobs are there and are there many or few?

This info is a bit dated but I'll bet you find the reality is that things have not changed much since the stats were compliled.

2009-10-04 04:34:48 by Kopczyk

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There are approximately 400,000 Christians in Africa. Of those 400,000, how many are Catholic? Please provide your source.
Oh wait, 400,000,000
It's an outdated religion book, back from over a decade ago, so it isn't exactly right, but the number they give is 400,000

There are way more Christians than that in Africa.

The Catholics say they have 158 million in 2006: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.ph p?n=12752 but your 400,000 isn't even reasonable. That is the big place the church is growing.

2009-02-11 05:01:13 by Damien

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How has the Catholic church addressed the concern of an exploding world population?

God is the person that said be fruitful and multiply is he not? So it is not a Catholic issue.

If the world followed The Church and scripture we wouldn't have a population problem.

1) Do not have sex until married
2) Do not commit adultery
3) Only have 1 wife

So this leaves only Married people having children.

What would the world population be at if there were no illegitimate children?

Maybe you should address this to the Muslims who have many wives and many, many children?

Peace be with you.

2009-02-10 11:49:46 by FoRgE

Since without illegal mexicans jumping the border, catholicism would be dying in america. Right?

The Church has no borders. It doesn't matter to the Church where a person resides. If they support immigration I would expect it to be for legal immigration, with all the benefits as any other human in the US. I would expect the Church to be against illegal immigration to prevent exploitation by those who worship money.

2009-12-13 19:50:51 by Humpty Dumpty