>>Meanwhile the Catholic Church is the fastest growing Christian denomination in the world with an average of 250 million new Catholics annually...half of which are converts.<<
Please cite your sources. The figure (250 million per annum) you provide is, in my opinion, quite implausible.
Given a world population (U.S. Census Bureau estimate) of approx. 6.555 billion in 2006 and a natural increase (births minus deaths) of about 77.7 million per annum (ebenda), an annual increase of a quarter of a BILLION new Catholics would an extremely high rate of religious conversion (approx. 170 million per year), even if EVERY newborn were automatically baptized a Catholic.
See #43