Pope Leo XIV kicked off his first papal trip to Africa in Algeria April 13, spending two days there before visiting Cameroon, ...
The global Catholic population has surpassed 1.4 billion. Eucharistic processions are drawing record crowds. And last summer, ...
On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19, with the theme “Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples,” the Vatican news agency Fides presented some statistics ...
New data from the Annuario Pontificio 2026 and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2024 highlight trends in baptized populations ...
As Pope Leo makes headlines for his outspoken views on global conflicts and immigration, a subtler transformation is ...
The number of Catholics worldwide rose by approximately 13.7 million, reaching a total of 1.389 billion, by 2022, the most recent figures available, according to the latest statistics released by the ...