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"I'd like to add this bit of reality about adult conversions to the US Church:

• in 1960, the pre-Vatican II height: 145,000 adults entered
  
  
• in 1975, the nadir: 75,000 adults centered
  
  
• Under JPII, the trend has completely reversed itself. Since 1994:
  
  23,000 more adults have entered the Church every year than did in 1960:
  
  An average 163,000 adults every year between 1994 and 2003. That's 1.635 million adult converts in only ten years.
  
  If adult converts to Catholicism from those 10 years alone were a denomination, we would be the 16th largest in America, right behind the Episcopalians and ahead of the Churches of Christ and the Greek Orthodox.
  
  And I will make this prediction. This week of incredibly powerful coverage of the Pope's life, faith, impact and the endless interviews with believing Catholics is going to be the catalyst of the spiritual awakening of millions around the world. I'm betting on a significant jump in adult converts on Easter, 2006 and an increase in priestly and religious vocations in the next two years.
  
  God bless you, John Paul the Great. We owe you so much!

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