事実と統計：ローマ・カトリック教会に関する統計

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  • 2023年現在、世界中の洗礼を受けたカトリック信者の数は14億600万人であり、世界人口の増加率を上回る1.15% の増加率を記録しています。
  • カトリック教会は主にアフリカとアジアで活発な成長を遂げている一方で、ヨーロッパやアメリカ大陸では課題に直面しています。
  • 司祭や修道士、修道女の数は特に欧米で減少していますが、終身助祭の数は希望を持って増加しています。
  • 教会は広範な医療、教育、社会福祉ネットワークを通じて使命を果たし続けており、世界最大の非政府慈善団体を構成しています。

The State of Our Church: A Heartfelt Look at the Facts and Figures Shaping Our Faith To love the Church is to love our spiritual home, the family of faith into which we were reborn through Baptism. It is more than an institution; it is the Body of Christ, alive and at work in the world. The numbers and statistics that describe her life are not cold, hard facts. They are the heartbeats of our brothers and sisters in Christ…

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