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The number of Catholics in the world has increased by 1.4%, with particular gains in Oceania and Africa. Vocations to the priesthood grew overall by 0.4%, though they decreased in Europe. The 2007 statistics were published in the new edition of the pontifical yearbook, called the Annuario...
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Pope Benedict XVI scheduled trips for 2010 are already set in stone.
The pope will travel thousands of kilometers to meet Catholics and non-Catholics around the world.
His first stop of 2010 will be the island of Malta in mid-April. There Benedict XVI will commemorate the 1950 anniversary of...
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The Vatican has published the names of all the missionaries who died violently in 2009.
In all 37 people were killed on active duty, the highest number in the past decade. Among them, is a lay person, 2 seminarians, 2 nuns and 30 priests.
One of them could be considered a martyr since it...
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