00:01Africa now has more Catholics than Europe.
00:04The Vatican's latest statistics put Africa's Catholic population at 288 million,
00:10slightly ahead of Europe's 287 million.
00:13Worldwide, the number of Catholics rose by nearly 16.7 million,
00:18reaching 1.422 billion by June 2024,
00:23according to a report by the Vatican's Fine News Agency.
00:27The Americas remain home to the largest Catholic population,
00:32the nearly 679 million, followed by Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
00:38Africa led global growth, adding 7.58 million Catholics,
00:43while the Americas gained nearly 7 million.
00:45The report also recorded a slight increase in the number of priests worldwide,
00:51up by 425 to more than 407,000.
00:56However, the number of women religious and major seminarians continue to decline.
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