The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women in religious orders, and baptisms all declined, a ...

Pew Research reveals a growing trend of religious disaffiliation worldwide, with significant declines in Christianity and ...

However, the Vatican's Statistical Yearbook of the Church said, 9.1 million people received their first Communion in 2023, up ...