There are about 1.8 billion Catholics worldwide.
Worldwide, the Catholic Church, as of 2005, was growing at a rate of around 20 mllion per year. However, in the U.S., the population is experiencing a very small decline.
The population of Armenian Catholic Church is 700,800.
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church.
Melkite Greek Catholic Church's population is 2,010.
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church's population is 3,800,000.
Melkite Greek Catholic Church's population is 1,600,000.
The term 'catholic' in this sense means 'universal.' In that the Bible is worldwide, it Is catholic. This has nothing to do with the Catholic Church.
Pope
As of 2010, the Catholic Church statistics showed 1.196 billion Catholics.
No.AnswerIf you mean 'catholic' with a small 'c', then yes. the word 'catholic' simply means 'universal' and so the Protestant Church is part of the universal Christian Church worldwide. If you mean 'Catholic' with a large 'C' - this usually refers to the Roman Catholic Church and, though the Protestant Church is part of the catholic (universal) church, it is not part of the Catholic (Roman Cattholic) church as this is a separate denomination.
As of March 2013 the pope of the worldwide Catholic Church is Pope Francis.
Texas & Massachusetts has the most churches.