Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — CATHOLICS SHOWN IN THE LEAD. [ARTICLE]

CATHOLICS SHOWN IN THE LEAD.

Have Greatest Increase in Church Membership for Last Year. Speaking of the progress of the Catholic Church in the United States, Father Shcedy of New York said: "Taking the religious census for the past year, compiled by Dr. H. K. Carroll, a Protestant clergyman, it is found that of the 653,000 new members that were added to th* various denominations, 468,083 were added to the Catholic Church. The increase in population was 2.18 per cent, whil* the Catholic increase for the year was 5.4 per cent. Of the 20,000,000 church members of the United States Dr. Carrell seta down 9,000,000, or nearly onehalf, as Catholics.”