Islam surpasses Catholicism says Vatican
Posted on March 6th, 2009 by MichaelVATICAN CITY: Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world’s largest religion says the Vatican.
“For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us,” Monsignor Vittorio Formenti said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.
He said that Catholics accounted for 17.4 percent of the world population — a stable percentage — while Muslims were at 19.2 percent.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
What are the possible social implications of such a shift? That in my opinion is what we should be thinking about, because in the end it will affect everybody, believer or not.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:29 am
does this mean their are more un believers in catholic an muslim
gods[faiths they call it] i thank my self for beleiving god being one of
greatest cons repeated over 1000s of years. will this mean 67% struck
down today or tomorrow around the world, whos world is it anyway
March 12th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Yeah … very interesting …. Now, since when does a Pope, a Human Spiritual Leader take a Competitive Position such as this ? … In other words, the Focus Should Be On Union, Love, Cooperation, Undersanding, Forgiveness … and Above All … the Realization that WE are All Connected … that there is NO True Competition … other than in one’s Thinking and Irrational Behaviors … Even In Competition, there should Be/Exist That Loving Appreciation for the Others’ points of view … even when and Especially where there are Severe Differences in the Faulty Thinking of those concerned … Again, and in Taking Care of Business, AS Usual … Control, Domination, Power … Who’s On Top, Who’s On The Bottom … HUH! …
March 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Who cares about these sort of stastics? Not me. Will they get stastics on which group is the more loving, giving and sharing? probably not.