Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1878 — The Catholics. [ARTICLE]

The Catholics.

The spiritual subjects of the Pope are scattered about as follows : Italy 26,000,000 Netherlands... 1,000,000 Spain 16,000,000 Switzerland... 1,(XX),000 France 35,000,0(0 Canada 1,50 ‘,OOO Germanyl4,ooo,ooo Mexico 9,500,000 Austria and South and CenHungary.... 44,000,000 tral America. 24,000,000 Belgium 5,000,001' United States.. 8,000,000 Ireland. 5,( 00,0> 0 Other parts of England 2,000,• 00 the world... 4,000,000 Portugal 3,000,000 T0ta1198,000,000 This total, usually reckoned at 200,000,000, has undergone much change during the lifetime of the late pontiff. The church has gained most notably in the United States and England.