¹ Carol Glatz, “Vatican Statistics Report Church Growth Remains Steady Worldwide,” Catholic News Service, May 2, 2014. 2012 data.

² UNdata.org, “UN Demographic Statistics: Population by Religion, Sex and Urban/
Rural Residence,” 1996-2011. Based on 39 countries with census data on Catholics.

³ Catholic Online, “Doctors of the Church.”

⁴ Stato Della Città del Vaticano, “Popolazione,” March 1, 2011.

⁵ John L. Allen, Jr., “Pope Francis Shakes up Vatican’s Finance Panel,” Boston Globe,
June 5, 2014.

⁶ Zenit.org, “99 Nuncios Represent the Holy Father Worldwide,” January 10, 2013.

⁷ Holy See Press Office, “The College of Cardinals Statistics,” January 31, 2014.

⁸ Glatz, 2014. Number of priests (diocesan and religious order). 2012 data.

(All except 5 depict percent values.)