What percent of hospitals in USA are owned by the Catholic Church? Please cite your source.?
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You mean catholics own hospitals too....i hope they don't charge and if they do...i hope they are paying taxes.
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The Church forbids use of contraception (not that Catholics in the US care)  AS for Family Planning, they support the use of Natural Family Planning, most famously the use of Rythmic timing (having sex when the odds are better or worse that the woman is ovulating).
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Be honest to yourself here after you get past the religion has killed more than anything else line (btw we have always had religion and they didn't start the wars PEOPLE did).  The catholic church and now its counterpart christian and other religious charity organizations do more for the needy on a daily basis that many countries do in a year.  I know its easy to blame the "religion" but please don't forget those that give daily, weekly, monthly, annually and for those that give up their services to help the needy?  Habitat for humanity (its a Christian organization - people forget quickly that Jimmy Carter is a devout christian).\n\nSo, in your perfect world of aethistic common sense what is your common sense to immediately take care of those people who now will not be?  Science cannot replace compassion and humanity.  One may argue that those are "Human" not "religious" traits I say they come from the man above.
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yes, very wrong. a church-institute who forbids their members to protect themselves against a deadly disease is antisocial and very unchristian i think.
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The Philippines has 95% catholic and the US has 5% catholic. you do the math.  The Philippines were settled by the Malaysians thousands of years ago, the US by western Europeans over the last 400 years. I lived in metro Manila for 5 years, and saw many differences, family life is a good example of the cultural differences,  in the US we leave home at 18 and the state takes care of the parents in old age.  In PI the children never leave home and care for their parents till they die.  None of this is negative, just DIFFERENT
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Please settle down sadgirlgreeneyez!\n\nThere are pedophiles in other denominations too, not just in Catholicism. Besides that, only 2% would fall under that title.
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Catholics are christians.
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Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)
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The following are the 10 biggest religious bodies in the US. For your purposes, I suspect you can pretty much exclude the Catholics, and I suspect the Methodists aren't what you're looking for either:\n\nThe 2005 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches reported the following figures, based primarily on 2003 denominational reporting data:\n1. Roman Catholic Church: 67.2 million.\n2. Southern Baptist Convention: 16.4 million.\n3. United Methodist Church: 8.2 million.\n4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 5.5 million.\n5. Church of God in Christ: 5.4 million.\n6. National Baptist Convention USA: 5 million.\n7. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: 4.9 million.\n8. National Baptist Convention of America: 3.5 million.\n9. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): 3.2 million.\n10. Assemblies of God: 2.7 million.\n\nI guess the reason why there seem to be so many born-agains on Answers is that it makes a great forum for spouting your believes - proselytizing is a big thing for many born agains. Tell off the sinners.
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Millions of Catholic saints are buried in the United States.\n\nEveryone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints. You, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mother Teresa. \n\nHow many "canonized" Catholic saints are buried in the United States? This would be very hard to determine.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Christianity (2.1 Billion)
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All Americans have the freedom of speech, even Catholic ones.\n\nThe Catholic Church has been telling the world what it believes is right and wrong long before anyone heard of the freedom of speech.\n\nThe Catholic Church protested the blood sports in the ancient Roman Colosseum and they were stopped. I don't think the Church is going to stop now.\n\nThis has been the Catholic Church's mission since Jesus said, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." (Matt. 28:18-20)\n\nWith love in Christ.
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It sounds like you have a Baptism kit for home/hospital.  (it was the shell - especially if it is a scallop shell - that gave it away).\n\nIt is indeed a Catholic article.  If you want more info, you can take it to any Catholic Church and ask the Priest or Deacon.\n\nIf I find more information on the web, I will let you know.
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The Catholic church has ruined any chance of resurrecting the idea of private schools, not to mention that the average joe like me who would like to put their kids into private school can't even come close to affording it. I tried it and just can't afford it. I was raised catholic, and the amount of money my family put into the collection plate every week would astound you, and for that dedication for over 20 years, we get high tuition at these schools. Plus, don't forget the priest scandals. This has forced many to remove their children. I remember a time when George Bush said he'd provide vouchers to families, but as I understand it only the city of Washington D.C. has gotten them. Sound a little biased? What happened to no child left behind? I am all for religious schooling. My kids at regular public school are being pushed at an overwhelming rate to learn things that they are not ready for because the U.S. wants to produce more intelligent kids like those in China. Well, they are only hurting our kids and education reform is necessary in the immediate future or our kids are going to pay the price even more.
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The Roman Catholic Church, being operated like a major corporation.
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Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%\nnote: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
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I came from the Catholic family, but I don't agree with the Church on this illegal issue. The Church has no right whatsoever to meddle in the U.S affairs. Border fence must be done before the democrats take over the Congress.