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VIII International Congress of Mary Help of Christians
The Congress is promoted by the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA), in the year of its 150th anniversary.
It was organized on the 140th anniversary of the arrival of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in the neighborhood of Almagro, Buenos Aires (26-01-1879).
Religious freedom: the 2019 report
From the report “Persecuted more than ever. Focus on anti-Christian persecution between 2017 and 2019", realized by the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need, shows that:
Nearly 300 million Christians live in lands of persecution;
20 countries in the world are extremely worrying as regards human rights violations;
The statistics of the Catholic Church
On the occasion of the 93rd World Missionary Day, Sunday 20 October 2019, Fides Agency presented as usual some statistics to offer a panoramic picture of the Church in the world.
The world population is 7,408,374,000 people, among whom the Catholics are 1,313,278,000. The worldwide percentage of Catholics has increased by 0.06%, reaching 17.73%.