Pope Benedict XVI.
.Catholic AnswerFirst of all, outside of the diocese of Rome, there is no such thing as "Roman Catholic" as a religion. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church. .As of the statistics available in the summer of 2012, Islam is the most populous religion in the world.
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.Catholic AnswerRoman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. .Currently (2012) there are 168 dioceses in India. A diocese in the Catholic faith is known as a particular Church. If you are asking about actual Church buildings, or parish communities, you would need to poll each of the 168 diocese (they can be found at the first link below).
Roman Catholic AnswerI am sure that there are Catholics who do as well as Catholics who do not; I am positive that the Catholic Church does not approve of McCarthyism. The Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ and is here to preach the Gospel and administer the Sacraments. The only time that the Church would preach politics from the Church would be when some political movement - such as the current President's health care package in 2012 in the United States - threatened the Church's ability to live out its beliefs.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe last year for which I have statistics is 2006, from the Statistical Yearbook of the Church. In that year, they listed the total Catholic population as 1,130,750,000. So it is safe to say that now it is over a billion people. Which right now of 2012, there are 1.81 billion Roman Catholics.
John F. Kennedy is currently the only Catholic US President. It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.
Most cathderals are large, some hundreds of feet long, and most of the older ones are also very high. There is at least one small cathedral, in Portsmouth UK, which is smaller than an average church.
Roman Catholic AnswerIn the United States in 2012, the "Christian Right" actually refers to a coalition of Catholics and Evangelicals primarily. I have read some tirades from old mainline fundamentalists decrying the Evangelicals embrace of historic Christianity as defined by the Catholic Church. Your question is strangely out of date.
Pope Francis is the pope of the Universal Church. The Philippines do not have their own pope.
Eddie Van Halen grew up Catholic. Eddie was spotted (photographed and interviewed) attending a Christian church in early 2012.
The Roman Numeral for 2012 is: MMXII
When the Catholic church, and the people as a whole decide that the position of the "pope" is unnecessary. Or, if you believe in this sort of thing, when the world ends on December 12, 2012.