Domestic violence latest research (2017) by the CDC found that over half of all female homicides are committed by intimate partners, 98 percent of whom are men. Femicide is usually defined as the gender-based killing of women by men, although the exact definitions vary. Femicides often occur in the context of DV, such as honor killings or dowry killings. For statistical purposes, femicide is often defined as any killing of a woman. The top countries by rate of femicide are El Salvador, Jamaica, Guatemala, South Africa and Russia (data from 2004–09). However, in El Salvador and Colombia, which have a very high
Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice Raymond E. Brown, S.S., whose fame goes well beyond Catholic circles. The 2012 "Annuario Pontificio" gave 293 as the number of priest members as of 31 December 2010. Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice The Society of the Priests of Saint-Sulpice ("Society of Saint-Sulpice", ; ) is a society of apostolic life of the Catholic Church named for the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for Sulpitius the Pious, where they were founded. Typically, priests become members of the Society of the Priests of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. The purpose of