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To: NYer; fanfan

Something I'm curious about.. what percentage of Canadians are Catholic?

69 posted on 05/24/2006 1:17:58 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

To: Irish_Thatcherite; GMMAC

Irish, I don't know.

Gmmac, Irish has a question....

Something I'm curious about.. what percentage of Canadians are Catholic?

70 posted on 05/24/2006 1:23:29 PM PDT by fanfan (I mean, I wouldn't be so angry with them if they didn't want to kill me!)

To: Irish_Thatcherite; NYer; fanfan; GMMAC

From CIA Factbook Canada:

Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census)

Evidently here the Pope is speaking to "his own."

Looking at my own family tree (patrilineal):

Gen 1 ... Y family immigrated from Bavaria to USA, 1870's
Great-Grandfather Y raised 11 kids from 2 marriages.

Gen 2 ... Grandpa and Grandma Y raised 5 kids (born 1910-1925)

Gen 3 ... Father Y raised 2 kids (born in 1948 and 1951)

Gen 4 ... My generation. My husband and I have 2 kids, 1 born and 1 adopted. (My brother had no children.)

Sure looks like the Decline of the West, eh?

And why? In the case of my husband and me, late marriage.

75 posted on 05/24/2006 1:59:45 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, love tenderly, and walk humbly with your God?)

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