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Young men attending the encounter with youth with Pope Francis at the Sir John Guise Stadium, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Worldwide Catholic Population Hits 1.4 billion

Mar 27, 2025

Two reports prepared by the Vatican’s Central Office for Church Statistics reveal a notable growth of the Catholic population worldwide during the two-year period 2022-2023.

Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Reinstates Papal Title "Patriarch of the West" in Pontifical Yearbook

Apr 12, 2024

This honorific designation has reappeared among the list of “historical titles” used to designate the theological and temporal reality of the pontifical office.

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Fr. Celestino Epalanga (center), Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti (left), and Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto (right)

Reconciliation “essential for building prosperous, united, indivisible” Angola: Official of Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Third Youth Pilgrimage in Ivory Coast’s Abidjan Archdiocese Ends with Call on Young People to be “agents of peace”

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC). Credit: ACI Africa

Cameroon Elections 2025: Catholic Bishops Urge Authorities to Provide "electoral security” for October Polls

Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan (right) and Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (left).

Pope Francis Accepts Early Retirement of Local Ordinary of Mzuzu Diocese in Malawi, Appoints Successor

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up gesture from his window at Gemelli Hospital in Rome during his first public appearance in weeks on Sunday, March 23, 2025. / Credit: Screenshot/Vatican Media

Pope Francis Says He Has Experienced "Christian joy" Amid Ongoing Illness, Recovery

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC). Credit: ACI Africa

Rise above Challenges to Vote Massively in October Polls: Cameroon’s Catholic Bishops to Electorate

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Pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Approves Decree to Advance Sainthood Causes of Five People, Including Papua New Guinean

Fr. Isaac Agabi, a member of the Clergy of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Auchi

“I'm not afraid of death”: Nigerian Priest Recounts Ordeal as Abductee, Attributes Escape to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan (right) and Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (left).

Pope Francis Accepts Early Retirement of Local Ordinary of Mzuzu Diocese in Malawi, Appoints Successor

Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar. / Credit: ACI Prensa/EWTN News

“More than anything, our people need peace": Cardinal in Myanmar after Earthquake, Highlights Other Needs

Third Youth Pilgrimage in Ivory Coast’s Abidjan Archdiocese Ends with Call on Young People to be “agents of peace”

Bishop Vicente Carlos Kiaziku of Mbanza Congo Catholic Diocese. Credit: Radio Ecclesia Angola

Ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year Requires “greater dynamism”: Catholic Bishop in Angola

Fr. Celestino Epalanga (center), Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti (left), and Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto (right)

Reconciliation “essential for building prosperous, united, indivisible” Angola: Official of Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up gesture from his window at Gemelli Hospital in Rome during his first public appearance in weeks on Sunday, March 23, 2025. / Credit: Screenshot/Vatican Media

Pope Francis Says He Has Experienced "Christian joy" Amid Ongoing Illness, Recovery

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC). Credit: ACI Africa

Cameroon Elections 2025: Catholic Bishops Urge Authorities to Provide "electoral security” for October Polls

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC). Credit: ACI Africa

Rise above Challenges to Vote Massively in October Polls: Cameroon’s Catholic Bishops to Electorate

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