"The Catholic Church now stands at 1.1 billion and is growing in leaps and bounds."
Newchurch seems to brag a billion nominally. I fear this may include a lot of semi-pagan natives jumping up and down in the jungle. Do you count these as well as those who go to protestant churches and supermarkets instead on a Sunday? Remember Ratz said he wanted a smaller church, so your inflated statistic may be in for some pruning if his bite is lounder than his bark.
The SSPX are protestants who claim to be catholic. They are no different from the liberal wing of the church in their selective teachings. Both are cafeteria catholics.
Please note my post #8. It might have some relevance to the size of the Church and where we are in time.