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New Orleans Daily Crescent
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana
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Overview of Roman Catholic clergy in France: 78,584 priests, 108,118 minor ecclesiastics, 86 archbishops, 35,717 cures, 189 vicars-general. Government pays 35,000 totaling 218,092,600 francs annually; rest by church. Religious communities include 121,141 contemplatives in perpetual prayer; 1,085 Jesuits, 282 praying.
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priests, and 108,118 minor ecclesiastics, 86 arch-
bishops, 35,717 cures and 189 vicars-general, belong-
ing to the Roman Catholic church. Of this cleri-
cal army only 35,000 are paid by the government,
the remainder being supported by the church.
The sum thus supplied amounts annually to 218,-
092,600f. The religious communities are divided
into three classes—educational, hospitable, and
contemplative. Of the latter there are 121,141 who
remain in a perpetual state of prayer and medita-
tion. There are 1085 Jesuits, of whom 282 medi-
tate and pray.
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In France there are 78,584 priests, and 108,118 minor ecclesiastics, 86 archbishops, 35,717 cures and 189 vicars-general, belonging to the Roman Catholic church. Of this clerical army only 35,000 are paid by the government, the remainder being supported by the church. The sum thus supplied amounts annually to 218,092,600f. The religious communities are divided into three classes—educational, hospitable, and contemplative. Of the latter there are 121,141 who remain in a perpetual state of prayer and meditation. There are 1085 Jesuits, of whom 282 meditate and pray.