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01-04-2008
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Muslims out number Catholics
Muslims out number Catholics across the world for the first time
Last updated at 11:14am on 31st March 2008
For the first time ever, there are more Muslims than Roman Catholics, the Vatican said yesterday.
Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican's 2008 yearbook of statistics, said Muslims made up 19.2 per cent of the world's population and Catholics 17.4 per cent.
'For the first time in history we are no longer at the top. The Muslims have overtaken us,' he added.
Monsignor Formenti said that if all Christian groups were considered, including Orthodox churches, Anglicans and Protestants, Christians made up 33 per cent of the world's population - or about two billion. The data referred to 2006.
The Vatican recently put the number of Catholics in the world at 1.13billion.
It did not provide a figure for Muslims but these are generally estimated at around 1.3billion.
Monsignor Formenti said that, while the number of Catholics as a proportion of the population was fairly stable, the percentage of Muslims was growing because of higher birth rates.
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03-11-2008
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lol, but almost twice as many Christians as Muslims.
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03-11-2008
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wrong in my point of view ..
since wen is religion about
out numbering another
i can understand in the past
like the BC century but now
nope ...
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03-11-2008
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Islam is the worlds most fastest growing religion but its not there to compete its ther 2 simply be accepted ...
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22-02-2009
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There cross-communion with the Orthodox Church though, which tips the balance back again.
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23-02-2009
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I'm not sure about Monsignor Formenti's final statement sayin it's due to higher birth rate. I believe from what i've read it's due to more people converting to Islam on top of people bein "born into the religion"...
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