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Africa overtakes Europe in Catholic population as global mumbers reach 1.422 billion
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- Africa now has more Catholics than Europe.
- The Vatican’s latest statistics put Africa’s Catholic population at 288 million, slightly ahead of Europe’s 287 million.
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- 2026-10-16T15:47:09.000Z
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