Jump to content

Catholic Church in Europe: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Undid revision 446575299 by Van de Kemp see comment rud64
Undid revision 454131357 by Peterniels (talk) RV vandalism by sockpuppet
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:RomanCatholicismInEurope.png|thumb|right|350px]]
The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is geographically centered in [[Holy See]] of [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. About a third of the population of [[Europe]] today is Catholic, but only about a quarter of all Catholics worldwide reside in Europe, due to historical missionary activity, especially in [[South America]].
The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is geographically centered in [[Holy See]] of [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. About a third of the population of [[Europe]] today is Catholic, but only about a quarter of all Catholics worldwide reside in Europe, due to historical missionary activity, especially in [[South America]].



Revision as of 20:39, 9 October 2011

File:RomanCatholicismInEurope.png

The Roman Catholic Church is geographically centered in Holy See of Rome, Italy. About a third of the population of Europe today is Catholic, but only about a quarter of all Catholics worldwide reside in Europe, due to historical missionary activity, especially in South America.


References

  • CIA Factbook "Field Listing - Religions". Retrieved 2007-04-17.

See also