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In December 2024, Bishop Malesic of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland published a pastoral letter on the internet.  It’s simply a letter about how we can draw closer to Christ, and there is no controversy in that,” Bishop Malesic said. “Let’s just pray 15 minutes a day; join a small group; invite your Catholic neighbors and friends together to have a cup of coffee and talk about ‘Why are you Catholic?’; ‘How can you become a disciple of Jesus?’ I think these are the basic things.” -from a media interview of the bishop A Flourishing Apostolic Church ============================ The bishop asks each Catholic of the Diocese to do five simple things: 1. Study and Discuss the Pastoral Letter "I invite every Catholic in the Diocese of Cleveland to read this pastoral letter in its entirety, as I have written it with each of you in mind. Make notes and underline your copy of the letter; Consider reading it more than just once. then, meet with some other Catholics who have read this letter...

  POPULATION PROJECTIONS / IMMIGRATION Revision of World and US Population Projections             World Population Prospects 2024 The estimated likelihood that the world’s population will peak within the current century is very high (with a probability of 80 per cent); this varies sharply from the 2013 projections which said there was only a 30 per cent chance. This is already coming about. In 63 countries and areas – containing 28 per cent of the world’s population in 2024 – the size of the population peaked before 2024. In 48 countries and areas, representing 10 per cent of the world’s population in 2024, the population size is projected to peak between 2025 and 2054.  In the remaining 126 countries and areas, the population is likely to continue growing through 2054, potentially reaching a peak later in the century or beyond 2100.  I mmigration is projected to be the main driver of population growth in 52 countries and areas through ...