I'i;i!ll-H. kO.MAMM. HU 



iii< inh'TH , III l^no, 4'.) {>»;r ociif,. , in I?-'/?''), ()>', [x r (■'•nl,, ^ ;ui'. 

 in I^^HO, O.'i per (:<!iiL' 'I'Ijiji-; vv(; k<m; Uial, lor IIkj IJiM 

 (jj^lily y'.'jrs <>l Uk; (;<;iilijry Ui<! Hotium ( /.•(Ui<»)i<tK jj;;ain<!'i 

 r<'Aiii<il.y l>'>Ui on Uk; }>opiilatioM ;i.n(i <*ii ili'- 'viui^/'McaiI 

 churcfi'tH. liut, Ui(; \:iUtH\j HUdlniicH hIiow l.li.i.l, >i<!l,vv'M'ii 

 IHHi) ;ui<\ IHliO llic tj«J(; 1>urjn;<l. In I H80 Mm; 1 '.o/n.-uii;,! 

 popiil.-i-Uofi w:iH O.'i por (;<;fit,. of \,\\<- nninl;< r <»l <v;iri;.';<'ljr;i) 

 coHiiniiiiicafilK; in JH'.iO, <;i p'/- 'cnl,. In I8H0 Ui<^ir 

 prir*KlH wr;n; IKI JXJ/' C«;nl. oi IJi': mirnl*'/- of <• v;ui;'«-,| ir;i I 

 lainJHt'JfH; in 181)0, 8.8 p«T ''tnl.. In I'-oO l.li':ir rlnirrjn;., 

 wore 6.8 \)<;r (-cnl. of Ui<; numU'f of <;vang(!lica) cAmrcAutH; 

 ill 1890, 0.2 f)';r c^-.til. 'Iln.-; r«;i;j.t,i v<; Iokh HJ/ico 1880 huH 

 not bf;on 'lu'; to ;i.ny I;i.«-,k of vit,;ilil.y, for, uh WO hav<; 

 ;i.Ir<!a<iy hcj-ii, iioinaniHf/i Iimh ^,ain'"i on fJir; f>r>pijl;i,ti(>/i 

 (Jur-in^^ UiCHc ten yenrH, l>ijf> t,o Uie /nore vi^'orouH prrowUi 

 of Uif; rrol.''.-;t.;i,nf, '•linrf:}i'';-;, wliieli Hurin;-', Uiir. l.ini'; Iiave 

 l;'f;n not/ .'1 little rpjielc(;ned. 



Whetli<r thJH reUitiv« loHH, howovrir, fn.'i.rl<!5 ••< f^'-rrnn, 

 nent or o/ily ternpr>/';i,ry turn In tlie ti'le <]oeH not yet af> 

 p';i,r. It, niUKt h'-. reni'fnix-j' 'J. fir-.t. th;i,t thJK loHH JH 

 only hlij-4it: ;in'l, Heeon'lly, tli.'i,t the now pronoun/-ed f^'i, 

 ror;hial nehool f>oliey <::t.ti h/'inlly fail to k'-ep j/re.'it nurn 

 bern in th<- R,oni;i,n eonimnnion, wliif.h tlir-onj.'}! the hro.'i'l 

 oninj.': inliuefjee of the fjijhhV* wjhool wouM h;i,ve left it, 

 til UK greatly Htiiniilatirij< thifj rnUi of j<rovvth of th/it 

 chureh in the future. 



]>ut this iK not ;ill. liome. with ehanifjtfirwtic fore- 

 Bight, iH com^r>ntratijij^ her Htrenjrt h in the wewf/irn Utrr'i 

 Uyriaa. Ah the WuHt in to dorninat*^ thr* nation, nha 

 int^5n<l« to fJorninat^j the Wtmi. In the United Btat<^ 

 a little- more than one eijrhth of the population in 

 (Jatholie : in th<'. territorien taken to;^ether, more 



I Th« relatire k>#w from 1S70 t/> l^^W te probaWy only apparent and 'Jrwr t// 

 an ovurnntirttaUt of the Iloman Cath'^lic f/'TpuIxition In JH70, It wffi txi oh- 

 »i«rT<id that the flifuren j^lvm for the IJ/rirrian Cat»«oUo' p^yputatlz/n that year In 

 tli« foregoing VaJttUi are " roijr»^I niimV>er»," It l« far more prottnUUt tliat 

 their population ltu,Tea*cd at atjoiit an ev<fn rat#j with tt«elr ehiir<;he« an4 

 ftrUnttK frfftn t«K) t/) IHHf), thtan that It hicrt^MM mtu^h ttHtra rapidly than 

 churcheM ai«I in-UitUM from IHTd) Ut IWO awl nttvth \mn rapidly frofn IWO t/> 1*0, 



