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Show BINGHAM. Bingham Canyon, July 21, 1908. Editor Intermountain Catholic: Will you please give me the number of Catholics in China," and also Japan? What per cent of the Christian world does the Catholic church claim? I have it over 47 per cent. Am I right or not? Please let me know through The Intermountain Inter-mountain Catholic. Tine Catholic population of China, according ac-cording to the statistics of 1907, is 886.-026, 886.-026, and that of Japan, 59,697. According Accord-ing to the Encyclopedia Britanica, the Christian population of the globe Is 402,0000,000.. The same authority gives the Catholic population at 214,000,000. which would make the percentage 53 per cent and a fraction, and that of all other Christians, including the Greek church, 46 per cent and a fraction. You will see by these figures that your estimate esti-mate is not correct. |
