Turkey: fewer priests, rising Catholic population in years since Pope Benedict's visit [CC]

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In the eight years that have separated Pope Benedict’s apostolic journey to Turkey from the upcoming visit by Pope Francis, the nation’s Catholic population has soared 66% as Christian …

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I have no way to verify this, but the numbers quoted in article seem to be unrealistically low. There are numerous communities, including Greek Orthodox, Syriacs, Chaldeans/Assyrians, Armenians, etc. From what I’ve seen, the Armenian community in Istanbul alone is estimated to number at least 50k. Perhaps the article refers only to those in union with Rome? 🤷
 
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I have no way to verify this, but the numbers quoted in article seem to be unrealistically low. There are numerous communities, including Greek Orthodox, Syriacs, Chaldeans/Assyrians, Armenians, etc. From what I’ve seen, the Armenian community in Istanbul alone is estimated to number at least 50k. Perhaps the article refers only to those in union with Rome? 🤷
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Yes it is talking about Catholic religious.
 
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