There are approximately 1.2 billion Catholics in the world.
There are many different branches/denominations within Christianity. The largest is Catholicism with about 1.2 billion adherents.
Roman Catholicism has a plurality of adherents in Los Angeles--40%.
Roman Catholicism has a plurality of adherents in Los Angeles--40%.
Christianity is one of World's religions in fact it has the most adherents, approximately 2.1 billion. Catholicism (or Roman Catholicism): This is the oldest established western Christian church and the world's largest single religious body. (According to the CIA world fact book)
* Episcopalian * Eastern Orthodox * Eastern Catholicism * Ethiopian Orthodox * Egyptian Orthodox * Egyptian Catholic * Estonian Orthodox * Ebionites (no adherents today) * Elkasites (a sub-group of Ebionites) * Essenes (no adherents today)
The primary and official religion of Costa Rica is Roman Catholicism although many other religions have adherents among the population and religious freedom is guaranteed in the constitution.
Catholicism originated as a European religion (and it remains centered in Italy, where the Vatican is located) however over the centuries it has spread widely across the world, and has more adherents outside of Europe than it has in Europe.
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There are about 1.2 billion Catholics throughout the world.
Followers or believers of a religion would generally be named after that certain religion. For example: People who believe in Christianity would be called Christians; Atheism- Atheists, Catholicism- Catholics, Buddhism- buddhists, Hinduism- Hindu, and so forth.
This is a form of the verb "to predominate" which means to be the most numerous subgroup in a group. "There are adherents to 35 different religions in our town, but Roman Catholicism predominates." That is to say, of the group of religious people in our town, the Roman Catholics are the largest subgroup.
they call Adherents followers