Catholic Church sees membership rise but number of priests decline
(Photo: Unsplash/Mitchell Leach) While the number of Catholics worldwide slightly increased from 2021 to 2022, new statistics show that the number of priests continues to decline. The Vatican released the 2024 Pontifical Yearbook and the 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church earlier this month. Edited by the Vatican Secretariat of State’s Central Statistical Office, the publications are being distributed … Read more