On Easter morning, it was a great pleasure to open X (formerly Twitter) to see ecstatic posts from newly baptised Catholics expressing their joy at having been received into the Church at the Easter Vigil. Moving images of Tammy Peterson, wife of the famous and controversial public intellectual Dr. Jordan Peterson, being received at Holy Rosary Church in Toronto, swept across Catholic corners of the internet." [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]<sup>[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]</sup> 13:06, April 4, 2024 (EDT)
=== Church statistics: Catholics and Bishops ===
The number of baptized Catholics has increased globally, rising from 1.376 billion in 2021 to 1.390 billion in 2022, with a relative increase of 1.0%.The rate of change varied from continent to continent. Africa recorded an increase of 3%, with the number of Catholics rising from 265 to 273 million in the same period." https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-04/vatican-central-statistical-office-church-pontifical-yearbook.html [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]<sup>[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]</sup> 13:17, April 4, 2024 (EDT)