In 1900, two-thirds of the world’s Catholics lived in Europe. Today only 20 percent do.

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

As Europe has become an increasingly secularized set of societies, the demographic based of the Catholic Church has shifted south.  However, the power structure has not migrated south as the European cardinals still are a majority (although 2/3 vote necessary to elect the next pope). 

Tags: Christianity, culture, diffusion, religion.

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