“Why do hundreds of millions of Catholics abandon their faith and no longer practice it””
“The Catholic Church is bigger now than it’s ever been. You must stay off the Huffington Post.”
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As long as you count the hundreds of millions who don’t practice, you are correct.
Take away that those that don’t practice, which is exactly like a protestant not practicing their faith, and you are still left with the BIGGEST CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION in the world.
Not only, but per usual, numbers vs. percentage is used, so that since the world population is growing so also the average number of RCs, though in percentage, which is what is pertinent, it has remained basically steady.
In 1910, Catholics comprised about half (48%) of all Christians and 17% of the world’s total population, according to historical estimates from the World Christian Database. A century later, the Pew Research study found, Catholics still comprise about half (50%) of Christians worldwide and 16% of the total global population.
In 1910, Europe was home to about two-thirds of all Catholics, and nearly nine-in-ten lived either in Europe (65%) or Latin America (24%). By 2010, by contrast, only about a quarter of all Catholics (24%) were in Europe. The largest share (39%) were in Latin America and the Caribbean. - http://www.pewforum.org/2013/02/13/the-global-catholic-population/
Yet i believe the % of Protestants WW has dropped, though the % of committed Caths vs committed Prots. is greater. http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2013/04/protestant-perseverance-and-catholic-decline