As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday taking place this year on 22 October, the Vatican’s Fides news agency has released a report offering a detailed panorama of the statistics of the universal Church across the globe.
The report compared the numbers on the day of 31 December 2021 to the previous year on 31 December 2020. There were 1.375 billion Catholics in the world, representing an overall increase of 16.24 million Catholics compared to the end of 2020. The increase affects all continents, except Europe. As in the past, increases were registered above all in Africa and in the Americas. The global percentage of Catholics decreased slightly to 17.67%.
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