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Catholic Market Stats: The Catholic Market ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Catholic Market Stats: The Catholic market comprises nearly 39% of the U.S. Church affiliated public according to The 1998 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Episcopals total 2.5 million ...read more

Tags: Church General

Catholic Schools ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CLOSING 1,267 Catholic schools have closed since 2000, and enrollment nationwide has dropped by 382,125 students, or 14% percent, according to the National Catholic Education Association. The problem is most apparent in inner cities. Catholic schools have been closing since their ...read more

Tags: School

A Catholic Critic Speaks  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 26, 2004

A CATHOLIC CRITIC SPEAKS Roger Ebert – film critic in Chicago said: “What Gibson has provided for me, for the first time in my life, is a visceral idea of what the Passion consisted of. That his film is superficial in terms of the surrounding message — that we get only a few passing references to ...read more

Tags: Easter Good Friday, Television And Movies

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Latinos Boosting Catholic Attendance

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

LATINOS BOOSTING CATHOLIC ATTENDANCE The U.S. Catholic Church would be in decline without Latin American immigrants. Traditional congregations of the American Catholic church have been dwindling in recent years, to where 1 in every 10 Americans is a former Catholic. Immigration from Latin-American ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 5:5-7

Tags: Evangelism How To

Muslims Outnumber Catholics The Number Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Muslims Outnumber Catholics The number of Muslims has overtaken the number of Roman Catholics in the world, reports the Vatican. Muslims make up 19.2% of the ...read more

Tags: Religion

Number Of Catholic Clergy Falls

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

NUMBER OF CATHOLIC CLERGY FALLS The Vatican reports a further dramatic fall in the number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide. The number of men and women belonging to religious orders fell by 10% to just under a million between 2005 and 2006. During the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Most American Catholics Believe That History Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Most American Catholics believe that history will judge Pope John Paul II favorably -- either as a great pope, or even one of the greatest ever. Seven in 10 predict the Catholic Church will make him a saint. Most American Catholics also say the choice of the next pope will matter to them ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Percentage Of Catholics Attending A Sunday ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The percentage of Catholics attending a Sunday school class has doubled since ‘96. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Church General

A Protestant Minister And A Catholic Priest ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2005

A Protestant Minister and a Catholic Priest enjoyed teasing their Rabbi friend, continually asking him when he was going to convert to their faith. When the Holidays rolled around, the Rabbi sent them a card with the following: "Season’s Greetings! Roses are reddish, Violets are bluish; When the ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Biblical Contradictions Found In The Catholic Church

Contributed by Michael Grant on Sep 4, 2016

Catholics are instructed to call the priest “Father” “Do not call anyone on earth your father; for one is your Father, He who is in heaven” – Mathew 23:9 Priest claims to have the power to forgive sin “…who can forgive sins but God alone?” - Mark 2:7 Catholics are encouraged to bow and pray to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:9

Tags: Bible, Roman Catholic, Pope, Roman Catholicism

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Are Over 68 Million Catholics In The United ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

There are over 68 million Catholics in the United States. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Roman Catholic Church Experienced Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

The Roman Catholic Church experienced its greatest growth in Africa and Asia between ‘04 ...read more

Tags: Church Growth

Catholic And Other Religious Schools Are More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Catholic and other religious schools are more likely to be drug free than are public schools (78% vs. 58%).(Foster ...read more

Tags: Children

Catholic Churchgoers Worry Financial Fallout Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Catholic Churchgoers worry financial fallout will impede the work of the church. A new survey of people who attend Mass at least twice a month finds “a growing uneasiness” with the way the church handles money, says Frank Butler, Foundations & Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, survey ...read more

Tags: Church General

6 In 10 Catholics Describe God As

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

6 in 10 Catholics describe God as "a person with whom people can have a relationship," while 3 in 10 described God as an ...read more

Tags: Religion

In A Catholic Church A Sign Was Hanging Over A ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Wood on May 21, 2002

In a Catholic church a sign was hanging over a shrine which said, "This Shrine is out of order. Do not worship here." That is a parable of what sin does to the Christian. It ...read more

Tags: Sin Separates From God, Sin Exposed

Denomination: Baptist

According To A Recent Poll] 88% Of Catholics And ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

[According to a recent poll] 88% of Catholics and a majority of Presbyterian and Methodist evangelizers [those who actively try to share their "faith"] believe that "if people are generally good, or do enough good things for others during their lives, they ...read more

Tags: Faith General, Faith Vs. Works

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Pastors Leave: Researchers With Catholic ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Why Pastors Leave: Researchers with Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., “found that tensions with church staff and laity and opportunities for better jobs were factors.” However, more than 1 out of every 4 of those who left a church reported that they were motivated by conflict with ...read more

Tags: Church General

A Hymn From The Catholic Liturgy Of The Hours

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 20, 2005

a Hymn from the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours Spirit of God, on the waste and the darkness Hov’ring in power as creation began, Drawing forth beauty from clay and from chaos Breathing God’s life in the nostrils of man, Come and sow life in the waste of our being, Pray in us, form us as sons ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit Attributes

Denomination: *other

France The Number Of Self-Declared Catholics In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

France The number of self-declared Catholics in France has slipped from 80% in the early 90s and 67% in ‘00 to 51% in ‘06. The number of atheists ...read more