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The Pope @Pontifex has been discharged from hospital and he returned to the Vatican. 📸 @VaticanNews
Papa Leone XIV ha lasciato il Policlinico Gemelli per rientrare in Vaticano
@EWTNews – at Veneto, Italy
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The number of Catholic priests worldwide has risen again after five years of no growth, according to statistics published by the Vatican agency Fides ahead of the 100th World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated Sunday, Oct. 18.
According to the Fides report, the total number of priests rose from 406,996 to 407,421, representing an increase of 425 compared with the previous year. The Vatican agency noted that the data comes from the Statistical Yearbook of the Church and is current as of Dec. 31, 2024.
Africa recorded the largest increase with 1,676 more priests, followed by Asia with 1,065. The Americas also reversed the previous yearʼs downward trend, adding 199 priests.
In contrast, Europe lost 2,483 priests over the course of the year, while Oceania recorded a decrease of 32.
The overall increase is attributed to the growth in the number of diocesan priests, which reached 279,238, an increase of 496 compared with the previous count. Meanwhile, the number of religious order priests fell by 71, standing at 128,183.
Despite the increase in the number of priests, the number of Catholics per priest also rose, reaching 3,491 — an increase of 38 compared with the previous year. The average number of inhabitants per priest also climbed, reaching 16,104.
Fides statistics further indicated that the global Catholic population reached 1,422,144,000 as of June 30, 2024, an increase of 16.69 million over the previous year. Based on these figures, Catholics represent 17.8% of the worldʼs population.
Africa saw the largest growth in the number of Catholics, with an increase of 7.58 million, followed by the Americas, with a rise of nearly 7 million. Asia added 968,000, Europe 911,000, and Oceania 239,000.
While the number of priests is rising, the number of seminarians is decreasing. The number of major seminarians stood at 103,604 worldwide, a decrease of 2,891 from the previous year.
Africa was the only continent to record growth, with 786 additional seminarians, whereas Asia saw a decline of 2,733, Europe 701, the Americas 227, and Oceania 16.
The number of minor seminarians also decreased, falling to 94,041, which is 980 fewer than in the previous count. Africa reversed the previous yearʼs trend, adding 132, while Oceania recorded an increase of 20. In contrast, Europe lost 872, Asia 182, and the Americas 78.
More: ewtnnews.com/vatican/for-the…
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No soy de compartir estos montajes; nunca me han gustado demasiado estas composiciones de Jesús abrazando a personas fallecidas. Las he visto incluso dedicadas a familiares y amigos, y siempre he preferido guardar silencio. Pero hoy, al encontrarme con esta imagen del padre Patricio Sánchez, fallecido tan abruptamente mientras celebraba Misa en Ecuador, no he podido dejar de pensar en ello.
Precisamente aquel día había predicado sobre lo efímera que es nuestra vida y la importancia de dedicar nuestro tiempo a Dios y a quienes amamos. Quién le iba a decir que, apenas unos minutos después, le tocaría partir de este mundo. Y hoy, más que nunca, deseo de corazón que esta imagen represente lo que de verdad haya vivido Patricio al morir: que Jesús lo haya recibido en sus brazos, como a un amigo al que esperaba desde siempre. Por eso rezo, por su eterno descanso y por el consuelo de quienes hoy lloran su muerte.
Por favor, quered y valorad al sacerdote que tenéis cerca mientras podéis hacerlo, con sus virtudes, sus defectos, sus limitaciones... porque somos frágiles y ninguno tiene asegurado el mañana.
Que el Señor conceda el descanso eterno al padre Patricio. Y a todos nosotros, la gracia de aprovechar bien el tiempo que nos regala.
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Quando estiver desanimado, veja esta foto. O sujeito acabou de sair de uma cirurgia para retirada de câncer. Estou cansado, muito cansado. Mas o modo como o @Pontifex enfrenta a vida dá novo ânimo. Vamos em frente. Estamos apenas no começo.
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A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children.
I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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If Planned Parenthood killed puppies instead of babies, it would have already been shut down.
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Thank you, Poland for giving visa to these beautiful woman.
Look at these two faces. One was burned with acid for fighting the Taliban. One was blinded for shouting freedom in Tehran. Now look again. These are the faces the regimes feared most.
Fahimeh is from Afghanistan. Her husband threw acid on her face because of her activities against against the Taliban and told her: now I have taken your eyes and your face, people will be scared of you, so I dare you to go out and talk to people.
I invited them to come on stage with because I want to dedicate my award to these real activists.
She met Kosar, an Iranian woman who was blinded by the Islamic Republic during the Woman life Freedom uprising.
Thank you Poland for giving us visas.
I am taking these two women to Auschwitz before they go on stage.
They will stand on stage in Poland, the face her husband wanted to hide speaking to thousands. I do not see victims. I see heroes. They are not fighting for themselves. They are fighting to protect democracy everywhere from the most dangerous cancer, which is called Islamism.
Meanwhile, women sit on death row in Iran right now, waiting for the gallows. Women are being erased from every classroom, every job, every public street under the Taliban. And the whole world is quiet. Where are the women's marches? Where is the outrage?
This is why I call on universities across Europe and America: open your doors to these heroes. Invite them. Let the new generation of the West hear the truth from women who paid the price of freedom with their eyes and their faces. Books cannot teach what they have lived.
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Nella giornata odierna, il Santo Padre Leone XIV ha avuto un colloquio telefonico con S.E. il Signor Volodymyr Zelensky, Presidente dell’Ucraina.
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60,000 Christians murdered in an hour in Congo.
Killings has been going on in Nigeria and other parts of Africa and the world is silent
Just a few months ago, Islamic terrorists massacred an entire Christian community in Congo. Over 60 people slaughtered in an hour.
Thousands of Christians are slaughtered in Congo and the world remains silent. Thousands more Christians are slaughtered in Nigeria, Ethiopia and other parts of North and Central Africa, and the media say nothing.
The Pope continues to tell the world how Muslims are your friends and brothers while priests and community leaders cry over rivers of blood those “friends and brothers” leave in their path to wiping out non Muslims from existence.
We’re living in dark times. Possibly the darkest in memory. Because it isn’t just that these atrocities are happening in such frequency, but that half the non Muslim world seems to defend those perpetrating the mass killings.
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I spoke with Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex and wished His Holiness a full and speedy recovery following his surgery. We are grateful that even during this difficult time for him personally, His Holiness remembers Ukraine and prays for our people.
I briefed him in detail on the situation with Russian escalation and Russia’s constant strikes on Ukrainian cities and communities. We also discussed the humanitarian catastrophe in temporarily occupied Oleshky. We are working to help our people there. We are preparing decisions. His Holiness informed me about contacts with the Russian side on this matter.
Of course, we also discussed all the current security challenges and threats, including the periodic lack of warnings from our partners about Russian ballistic missile attacks – something that has happened three times recently. I thank His Holiness for his support and all his efforts to achieve a dignified peace.
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If you want to go far in life,learn to be bored ,silent,and alone. Let silence be your general rule,or say only what is necessary and in few words.EKS.
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The Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dallas, Texas, has an average Sunday Mass attendance of approximately 11,000 people.
