The Peter's Pence collects offerings to the Pope made by Catholics worldwide. Money is then redistributed to promote the Church's mission, such as evangelization, help to those in need, and support of social projects. In 2023, almost a third of all donations came from the U.S., where American believers offered 13.6 million euros to the Pope.

Except for Uruguay, over ** percent of the population in all the selected Latin American countries defined themselves as Catholics in 2000. However, by 2023, that was the case in only three countries: Mexico, Peru and Colombia. Over this 20-year period, Panama experienced the largest decrease in the share of Catholic believers, plummeting from **** to **** percent.

NOTES:*Antarctica is included under the jurisdiction of the Christchurch, NZ diocese and therefore the Christchurch boundary and statistics are included in information about Antarctica.Global Diocesan Boundaries:Burhans, M., Bell, J., Burhans, D., Carmichael, R., Cheney, D., Deaton, M., Emge, T. Gerlt, B., Grayson, J., Herries, J., Keegan, H., Skinner, A., Smith, M., Sousa, C., Trubetskoy, S. “Diocesean Boundaries of the Catholic Church” [Feature Layer]. Scale not given. Version 1.2. Redlands, CA, USA: GoodLands Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Using: ArcGIS. 10.4. Version 10.0. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 2016.Boundary ProvenanceStatistics and Leadership DataCheney, D.M. “Catholic Hierarchy of the World” [Database]. Date Updated: August 2019. Catholic Hierarchy. Using: Paradox. Retrieved from Original Source.Catholic HierarchyAnnuario Pontificio per l’Anno .. Città del Vaticano :Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Multiple Years.The data for these maps was extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuario Pontificio, published yearly by the Vatican. The collection and data development of the Vatican Statistics Office are unknown. GoodLands is not responsible for errors within this data. We encourage people to document and report errant information to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.World Regional BoundariesCredits: Esri; Global Mapping International, Missions Database: Global Mapping International; United States Central Intelligence AgencyThis layer represents the boundaries for the regions of the world. There are 25 commonly recognized world regions. The layer provides a base map of the regions for the world, providing a straightforward method of selecting a small multi-country area for display or study. The layer is suitable for display to a largest scale of 1:15,000,000.To download the data for this layer as a layer package for use in ArcGIS desktop applications, please refer to World Regions.Additional information about regular changes in bishops and sees comes from a variety of public diocesan and news announcements.GoodLands’ polygon data layers, version 2.0 for global ecclesiastical boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church:Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information provided, due to this being the first developed dataset of global ecclesiastical boundaries curated from many sources it may have a higher margin of error than established geopolitical administrative boundary maps. Boundaries need to be verified with appropriate Ecclesiastical Leadership. The current information is subject to change without notice. No parties involved with the creation of this data are liable for indirect, special or incidental damage resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information. We referenced 1960 sources to build our global datasets of ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Often, they were isolated images of dioceses, historical documents and information about parishes that were cross checked. These sources can be viewed here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ANlH1S_aYJOyz4TtG0HHgz0OLxnOvXLHMt4FVOS85Q/edit#gid=0To learn more or contact us please visit: https://good-lands.org/

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Among the recognized 267 popes of the Catholic Church, the vast majority of them had *****************************. The last ******* pope was John Paul I, who died in 1978. ****** had ** popes, the second-largest number in history, with the last one being Gregory XI, who died in 1378. On April 21st, 2025, Francis, the first Argentinian pope, died after twelve years of pontificate. On May 9th, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church with the name Leo XIV. He is the second pope from the American continent and the ********************************, as he was born in *****************, in 1955. He holds Peruvian citizenship, too.

Pope Francis will arrive in Canada today on a visit expressly meant to engage Indigenous peoples across the country, address the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system, and to take steps toward reconciliation.

He is scheduled to arrive in Edmonton at 11:20 local time (1:20 p.m. EST) after a ten hour flight from Rome. At the airport he is expected to be greeted by a large group of Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chief RoseAnne Archibald of the Assembly of First Nations.

Francis is not expected to speak publicly on the day of his arrival—or perform Mass, despite arriving on a Sunday—as spokespeople say his first words spoken in Canada will be at his visit to a former residential school in Maskwacis, just south of Edmonton.

The 85-year-old pope is flying aboard a plane supplied by the Italian national airline and will be accompanied by media as well as members of his staff and “seguito,” or inner circle.

He has struggled in recent months with mobility challenges, and cancelled another planned trip to Africa last month. As a result, a special lift will be used at the airport to assist him of the plane. As well, he is expected to use a wheelchair for much of the trip, and limit public appearances to no more than 60 to 90 minutes.

From the 17th century to the 1990s, about 150,000 children are known to have been put through the residential school system, which ripped Indigenous children from their families and placed them in institutions meant to destroy their culture and traditions. Many suffered emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

The schools were funded by the government and largely operated by religious churches, with about 60 per cent being run by the Catholic Church.

The Pope apologized for the church’s role in the schools in April from the Vatican, but an apology in Canada is seen as more meaningful and is expected to be made during the visit.

The 2000 constitution of Cote d’Ivoire provides for religious freedom for all citizens. Approximately 40 percent of the population is Christian, another 40 percent is Muslim, and an estimated 25 percent of the population practice indigenous beliefs. Traditionally, the north has been associated with Islam and the south with Christianity. Throughout rural areas and central Cote d’Ivoire you will find people practicing indigenous beliefs. Many nominal Christian and Muslim practitioners practice a hybrid of Christian and indigenous or Muslim and indigenous beliefs. Nearly all Christians and Muslims belong to ethnic groups that believe in animism, fetishism, and witchcraft. Christian groups include Roman Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists, Methodists, Assemblies of God, and Southern Baptists. The Evangelical Protestant Church of Cote d’Ivoire has over 1500 organized churches in its membership. The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro is a Roman Catholic basilica built in the late 1980s by then-President Felix Houphouet-Boigny. It is considered the largest church in the world. The USD 300 million price tag contributed to a significant portion to the total national debt of Cote d’Ivoire. Historically, Christian religions have been slightly favored by the government with the Catholic Church being the favorite. While Christian schools received subsidies from the Ministry of Education for decades, Muslim schools were only considered official schools and given similar subsidies beginning in 1994. Accusations of discrimination against Islamic and traditional religious communities concerned employment, national identity card renewals, and the aforementioned religious school subsidies. This resulted in government resentment from both indigenous and Muslim populations. A 1999 coup led political leaders to stir up religious divisions between the north and south. Alassane Ouattara, a Muslim northerner was banned from the 2000 election. This led to a 2002 troop mutiny and rebellion by discontent northern Muslims. Religious tensions escalated in 2010 with the presidential election results. Alassane Ouattara was elected president and incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo rejected the results and refused to step down. Ouattara is a northern Muslim, Gbagbo a southern Christian. The ensuing violence, destruction of property, and massive displacement of people divided Cote d’Ivoire into two regions, north and south. The underlying ethnic, religious, and national fragmentation of Cote d’Ivoire contributed greatly to this division. Only minor reports of discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice have occurred in 2012. ISO3 - International Organization for Standardization 3-digit country code ADM0_NAME - Administration level zero name NAME - Name of religious institution TYPE - Type of religious instituion CITY - City location of religious institution SPA_ACC - Spatial accuracy of site location 1- high, 2 – medium, 3 - low SOURCE_DT - Primary source creation date SOURCE - Primary source SOURCE2_DT - Secondary source creation date SOURCE2 - Secondary source

The crisis of the Roman Catholic church in the South American country of Chile has led to a dramatic fall in the level of trust that Chileans have in the institution. According to a survey, the level of trust dropped to 31 percent in 2020, down from 60 percent in 2005. The sex abuse scandals uncovered in 2018, together with the subsequent investigation of over a hundred clergymen and the mass resignation of the country's bishops, have severely damaged the church's reputation, turning it into the lowest in Latin America.

Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church data was reported at 66,959.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 154,686.000 Person for 2010. Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church data is updated yearly, averaging 110,822.500 Person from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 154,686.000 Person in 2010 and a record low of 66,959.000 Person in 2015. Philippines Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation.

cemeteries Religion Catholic church. name, heritage designation, image, status, Area, date founded, date Closed, date Opened, city, Website, administrative división, continent, Country, Religion, latitude, longitude, Number of graves, religion, Architect/Owner, address

In 2024, the religious denomination other than the Catholic Church with the highest number of places of worship in Spain was the Evangelical Church with more than ***** churches, followed by Islam with roughly ***** mosques across the country.

Full edition for scientific use. The abuse debate has shaken the Catholic Church in many countries. It has not only tarnished the image of the church, but also affects religious personnel and their ability to be effective. The Religion Department at ORF-TV under Gerhard Klein wanted to to find out how the pastors are faring. For this purpose, it asked the GfK Austria (Social and Organizational Research) to conduct a telephone survey. The aim was to find out: "How are you, pastor?" and to shed light on the professional and private lives of Catholic priests.

Integrated Geodatabase: The Global Catholic Foortprint of Healthcare and WelfareBurhans, Molly A., Mrowczynski, Jon M., Schweigel, Tayler C., and Burhans, Debra T., Wacta, Christine. The Catholic Foortprint of Care Around the World (1). GoodLands and GHR Foundation, 2019.Catholic Statistics Numbers:Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae – Statistical Yearbook of the Church: 1980 – 2018. LIBRERIA EDITRICE VATICAN.Historical Country Boundary Geodatabase:Weidmann, Nils B., Doreen Kuse, and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. The Geography of the International System: The CShapes Dataset. International Interactions 36 (1). 2010.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050620903554614GoodLands created a significant new data set for GHR and the UISG of important Church information regarding orphanages and sisters around the world as well as healthcare, welfare, and other child care institutions. The data were extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, published yearly by the Vatican. It is inevitable that raw data sources will contain errors. GoodLands and its partners are not responsible for misinformation within Vatican documents. We encourage error reporting to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.GoodLands worked with the GHR Foundation to map Catholic Healthcare and Welfare around the world using data mined from the Annuarium Statisticum Eccleasiea. GHR supported the data development and GoodLands independently invested in the mapping of information.The workflows and data models developed for this project can be used to map any global, historical country-scale data in a time-series map while accounting for country boundary changes. GoodLands created proprietary software that enables mining the Annuarium Statisticum Eccleasiea (see Software and Program Library at our home page for details).The GHR Foundation supported data extraction and cleaning of this information.GoodLands’ supported the development of maps, infographics, and applications for all healthcare data.

Integrated Geodatabase: The Global Catholic Foortprint of Healthcare and WelfareBurhans, Molly A., Mrowczynski, Jon M., Schweigel, Tayler C., and Burhans, Debra T., Wacta, Christine. The Catholic Foortprint of Care Around the World (1). GoodLands and GHR Foundation, 2019.Catholic Statistics Numbers:Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae – Statistical Yearbook of the Church: 1980 – 2018. LIBRERIA EDITRICE VATICAN.Historical Country Boundary Geodatabase:Weidmann, Nils B., Doreen Kuse, and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. The Geography of the International System: The CShapes Dataset. International Interactions 36 (1). 2010.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050620903554614GoodLands created a significant new data set for GHR and the UISG of important Church information regarding orphanages and sisters around the world as well as healthcare, welfare, and other child care institutions. The data were extracted from the gold standard of Church data, the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, published yearly by the Vatican. It is inevitable that raw data sources will contain errors. GoodLands and its partners are not responsible for misinformation within Vatican documents. We encourage error reporting to us at data@good-lands.org or directly to the Vatican.GoodLands worked with the GHR Foundation to map Catholic Healthcare and Welfare around the world using data mined from the Annuarium Statisticum Eccleasiea. GHR supported the data development and GoodLands independently invested in the mapping of information.The workflows and data models developed for this project can be used to map any global, historical country-scale data in a time-series map while accounting for country boundary changes. GoodLands created proprietary software that enables mining the Annuarium Statisticum Eccleasiea (see Software and Program Library at our home page for details).The GHR Foundation supported data extraction and cleaning of this information.GoodLands’ supported the development of maps, infographics, and applications for all healthcare data.

In 2024, Ethiopia had the largest Christian population in Africa, with around 77.5 million people who identified as Christian. The second highest Christian population was in Nigeria, with 74.4 million people. Christianity has a significant presence in Africa, with its history on the continent dating back to the fourth century in Ethiopia. Furthermore, Christianity has spread throughout Africa with different denominations and traditions, taking root in various regions. Some of the largest Christian denominations in Africa include the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, and the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

Mali is a predominantly Muslim country with 94.84 percent of the population belonging to Islam. Of that 94.84 percent, only 0.8 percent is Shi’a versus the greater majority of Sunni Muslims in the country. While most of the population is Muslim, a small minority practice other religions as well; 2.37 percent Christianity, 2.02 percent Animist, 0.04 percent Other, 0.45 percent Atheist/Agnostic, and 0.28 percent Undeclared. Of the 2.37 percent of Christians in Mali, the majority of those are Roman Catholic. The Catholic Church has six dioceses that make up less than two percent of Mali’s population. Mali is typically defined as a secular state, with a constitution and code of laws that protect the public’s right for religious freedom and practice.

While the Malian government is officially secular, it frequently consults the moderate High Council of Islam (HCIM) and the Committee of Wise Men on controversial social issues of national scope. The HCIM is an umbrella organization with representatives from all significant Muslim organizations in-country as well as over 160 non-governmental organizations. The Committee of Wise Men includes the Catholic Archbishop and prominent Malian Protestant and Muslim leaders. In an effort to enshrine its commitment to multi-faith democracy, the Malian government has declared a diverse set of religious holidays as national holidays, including Mawloud, the Prophet’s Baptism, Easter Monday, Eid al- Fitf, Tabaski, and Christmas.

Religion is not taught in any public school in Mali. There are some private schools and madrasas that do offer both Christian and Islamic teachings in addition to the state-mandated secular curriculum. In Mali, most madrasas are located in the south in areas such as Sikasso (600), Segou (428), and Bamako (268). In the northern regions of Mali there are a little over 300 madrasas.

In recent months, a loose coalition of militant Tuareg and Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Ansar Dine, the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), and the Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA), has taken over northern Mali with the goal of forming an Islamic state in the Trans-Sahara region. Areas under militant control have seen the imposition of strict Sharia law, including bans on music and severe restrictions on women and practitioners of non-Islamic faiths. In Timbuktu and other northern urban centers, different Islamic groups have destroyed numerous ancient Sufi mosques, tombs, and other artifacts in an effort to purge the region of “heretical” faiths.

This Gallup poll seeks to collect the opinions of Canadians on several issues of importance to the country as a whole. Included in this survey are discussions on religion, and several questions on foreign trade, including opinion and awareness questions. The specific countries discussed with respect to foreign trade and goods were Germany, Japan, France and Italy. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: American investment in Canada; Canada supporting distressed countries; Canadian businesses; car ownership; Catholic principles which are hard to accept; church attendance; diseases which are most often thought about; diseases which kill the most people; federal elections; buying German goods; the government's overall performance; income tax levels; buying Italian goods; buying Japanese goods; purchasing and opinions of foreign goods; recognition of China's communist government; preferred political parties; Protestant principles which are hard to accept; provincial elections; union membership; voting behaviour; whether women are better looking now than in the past; and whether women should be able to work in the Ministry. Basic demographics variables are also included.

In 2024, 86 percent of Catholics in Argentina said that the Catholic Church should allow its followers the use of birth control. In Brazil, on the other hand, only 63 percent of respondents said they agreed with this permission.

菲律宾 Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church在2015达66,959.000 人口，相较于2010的154,686.000 人口有所下降。菲律宾 Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church数据按每年更新，2010至2015期间平均值为110,822.500 人口，共2份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于2010，达154,686.000 人口，而历史最低值则出现于2015，为66,959.000 人口。CEIC提供的菲律宾 Population: RA: Philippine Independent Catholic Church数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Philippine Statistics Authority，数据归类于Global Database的菲律宾 – Table PH.G003: Population: Religious: Affiliation。

The table gives an overview of the changes in the percentage of people in the Netherlands from 15 years who count themselves to a particular church spirit. The following categories of religion are distinguished: no ecclesiastical denomination, total ecclesiastical denomination, Roman Catholic, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Dutch Reformed, Reformed, Islam and other denominations. It also shows the percentage of people aged 15 and over who go to a religious gathering. Ecclesiastical disposition and visit religious service are broken down by country and province.

Data available from: 2010 to 2015

Status of the figures: The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 23 January 2020: None, this table has been discontinued.

When will there be new figures? No longer applicable.