{"id":26106,"date":"2014-05-30T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=26106"},"modified":"2014-05-30T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T16:21:08","slug":"positive-statistics-from-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/30\/positive-statistics-from-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Statistics from Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.romereports.com\/pg157033-catholic-church-grows-at-a-faster-rate-than-the-global-population-en\" target=\"_blank\">Rome Reports<\/a> has created a YouTube video\u00a0outlining\u00a0the statistics published in the 2012 edition of the Annuario Pontificio. Surprisingly, the news is almost entirely positive! In almost all categories and regions the Church has seen significant increases. Only religious life and the Church in Europe are in decline.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"350\" height=\"300\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nPPJh1Z4qOY\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/nPPJh1Z4qOY\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>In other news, the USCCB issued a press release yesterday on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2014\/14-093.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Permanent Deaconate<\/a> in the United States. Their survey shows that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most are married<\/li>\n<li>Most are white<\/li>\n<li>70 percent are 60 or older<\/li>\n<li>The number of deacons at retirement age is increasing<\/li>\n<li>There is more ethnic mix than in the priesthood, but less than in the general Catholic population<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, chairman of the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, noted that\u00a0\u201cas their median age increases, we must take necessary steps to invite others to hear the Lord\u2019s call to serve as deacons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>npc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In almost all categories and regions the Church has seen significant increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[2791,459],"class_list":["post-26106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-annuario-pontificio","tag-usccb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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