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Pope Francis at his weekly Wednesday audience in St. Peter's Square June 26, 2019. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.St. Louis, Mo., Mar 13, 2023 / 03:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis was elected to the papacy 10 years ago, on March 13, 2013. How has the worldwide Catholic Church changed since then?Statistically speaking, the Church has grown, keeping pace with and even exceeding overall world population growth. The total number of Catholics worldwide grew from ??1.253 billion in 2013 to 1.378 billion in 2021, an increase of nearly 10%. During the same period, the world s population as a whole grew by 9.1%, according to the World Bank.Despite this increase, the Church performed 2 million fewer baptisms in 2020 than in 2013. The number of marriages declined by 702,246, or nearly a third. Confirmations and first Communions also dropped by 12% and 13%, respectively, despite relatively stable levels of Mass attendance in the world s 13 most Catholic countries.A Catholic researcher told CNA this wee.

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