NUMBER OF CATHOLICS ON THE RISE

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The new edition of the Yearbook of the Catholic Church, with information from 2000 to 2008, presented yesterday, reveals that the number of Catholics in the world is growing.

Over the last nine years, Catholics grew from 1.045 billion in 2000 to 1.166 billion in 2008 worldwide.

Catholics in Africa grew by 33 percent while in Europe they remained stable.

The number of bishops increased from 4,000 to more than 5,000.

The number of priests registered a slight increase too.