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The 2001 UK Census recorded 22,525 people born in Sweden, 18,695 in Denmark, 13,798 in Norway, 11,322 in Finland and 1,552 in Iceland. [5]In more recent estimates by the Office for National Statistics, Sweden was the only Scandinavian country to feature in the top 60 foreign countries of birth of UK residents in 2013, with an estimated 27,000 people.
The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Filipino: Basilika Menor at Pambansang Dambana ni Jesus Nazareno [7]), commonly known as Quiapo Church [b] and canonically as Saint John the Baptist Parish, [c] is a prominent Catholic basilica and national shrine in the district of Quiapo in the city of Manila, Philippines.
The Catholic Church in the Nordic countries was the only Christian church in that region before the Reformation in the 16th century. Since then, Scandinavia has been a mostly non- Catholic ( Lutheran ) region and the position of Nordic Catholics for many centuries after the Reformation was very difficult due to legislation outlawing Catholicism .
England’s overall population is projected to grow more quickly than that of the other UK nations in the decade to mid-2032, increasing by 7.8 per cent compared with 5.9 per cent for Wales.In ...
The population in the Nordic countries is getting older and according to the population projection for the Nordic countries as a whole, the share of the population above the age of 80 will reach 8.4 per cent in 2040, as compared to the 2013 level of 4.7 per cent. The share of population 80 years or older has increased from 1990 to 2013.
Swedes in the United Kingdom or British Swedes (Swedish: Storbritanniensvenskar) are immigrants from Sweden living in the United Kingdom as well as their British-born descendants. Although only around 38,000 Swedish-born people live in the UK, millions of Britons have some degree of Scandinavian ancestry that dates back over 1,000 years to the ...
The Feast of the Black Nazarene marks the octave day of the traditional Feast of Most Holy Name of Jesus (the original dedication of Quiapo Church). [1] The octave day is celebrated by the annual procession of the image of the Nazareno along the streets of Quiapo, Manila. It is now considered as the image's national liturgical feast day.
Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where almost half the population turned out for an open ...