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2007 年公布 2005 年有十一億一千五百萬天主教徒
梵蒂岡最近發表○七年度年鑑(the Annuario Pontificio),當中列出○五年全球天主教徒人數由十億九千八百萬人增至十一億一千五百萬人,增幅為百分之一點五,較全球總人口升幅百分之一點二略高。而最高增長率的地區依次為非洲(百分之三點一)、亞洲(百分之二點七)、美洲(百分之一點二),而歐洲則只錄得輕微升幅。
另外,年鑑又公佈○五年度天主教神職人員由四十萬五千八百九十一人升至四十萬六千四百十一人,增長率為百分之零點一三。當中非洲神職人員增長率最高,達百分之三點八,亞洲次之,達百分之三點五;但其餘三洲均出現負增長:歐洲及美洲均下跌百分之零點五,大洋洲則下跌百分之一點八。
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www.christiantimes.org.hk,時代論壇每日快拍,2007.2.14)
http://www.christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=39505&Pid=1&Version=0&Cid=145&Charset=big5_hkscs
The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, representing around half of all Christians, and is the largest organized body of any world religion.[3][4] According to the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, the Catholic Church's worldwide recorded membership at the end of 2005 was 1,114,966,000, approximately one-sixth of the world's population.[5]
^ Central Statistics Office (2007). Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2005. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. ISBN 978-88-209-7928-7.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church#_note-StatYearbookfor2005