The global Catholic population has surpassed 1.4 billion. Eucharistic processions are drawing record crowds. And last summer, ...

On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19, with the theme “Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples,” the Vatican news agency Fides presented some statistics ...

The number of Catholics worldwide rose by approximately 13.7 million, reaching a total of 1.389 billion, by 2022, the most recent figures available, according to the latest statistics released by the ...

In one of his first interviews as Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born pontiff discussed with NBC News’ Lester Holt the impact that a first-ever American pope may have in the United States, where data ...

Catholic education in West Virginia began four years before the diocese was founded in 1850 as schools were established to ...