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Vatican statistics report increase in baptised Catholics worldwide
March 08, 2016
The new figures have been revealed in the 2016 Vatican yearbook
Church gained 15 million Catholics in a year, say researchers
December 31, 2014
Study reports that there were 1.23 billion faithful worldwide at the end of 2012
Number of Catholics in the world grows by 15m in a year
February 21, 2011
Number of Catholics, priests, bishops and deacons all increased in 2009, but number of female religious declined
Proportion of Christians in England has stayed the same for 10 years
October 01, 2010
We remain, by a large majority, a Christian culture
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