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13 Catholic Missionaries and Pastoral Workers Reportedly Killed Worldwide in 2024

Dec 30, 2024

The Vatican’s missionary agency documented that five pastoral workers were killed in Africa, five in America, and two priests died in violent attacks in Europe.

Believers gather at the Namugongo Shrine for the Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on June 3, 2024, in Uganda. The Catholic population in Africa surpassed 272.4 million people in 2022 after seeing a rise of more than 7.3 million people — the largest increase of any continent, according to Vatican statistics released in October 2024. / Credit: ACI Africa

Vatican Statistics: Catholic Population Shrinks in Europe, Rises in Africa and Everywhere Else

Oct 18, 2024

The Catholic population decline coincided with a total population reduction on the continent, which recorded a net loss of 517,000 people living in Europe over the year.

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