Catholic News Agency, Katie Quiñones:
The number of Catholics worldwide increased by 14 million in 2022, according to the Vatican’s 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church released earlier this month and highlighted in a report by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.
The figures from 2021 to 2022 — the most recent years where numbers are available — marked a decrease in the number of priests and seminarians. Report is here.
