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Nov 9, 2023 · Document also said trans adults could serve as godparents. St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is seen in this March 2020 photo. On Wednesday, the Vatican made public a statement saying it’s ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Church statistics: Catholics and Bishops. The number of baptized Catholics has increased globally, rising from 1.376 billion in 2021 to 1.390 billion in 2022, with a relative increase of 1.0%. The rate of change varied from continent to continent. Africa recorded an increase of 3%, with the number of Catholics rising from 265 to 273 million in ...
This is seasonal and a really cool and unique experience. Another new (ish) option is to book breakfast at the Vatican Museums. You pay a little more, but get in before the crowds. If you go this route, go straight to the Sistine Chapel to enjoy it before the crowds. Then you can back track and visit the rest of the Museums.
Dec 19, 2023 · The Vatican said on Monday in a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis that Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church ...
The post–Vatican II history of the Catholic Church is the recent history of the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). Background [ edit ] In the aftermath of World War II, religious existence came under fire from communist governments in Eastern Europe and China . [1]
Dec 13, 2021 · FILE - A rainbow shines over St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on Jan. 31, 2021. A Vatican official has apologized to a leading Catholic LGBTQ advocacy group for having yanked a reference to it on the Vatican website, saying he realized the move caused pain and that the Catholic Church indeed wants to include gays and hear from them.
According to the 2016 Official Catholic Directory, as of 2016 there were 243 seminaries with 4,785 students in the United States; 3,629 diocesan seminarians and 1,456 religious seminarians. By the official 2017 statistics, there are 5,050 seminarians (3,694 diocesan and 1,356 religious) in the United States.
