population report, off topic

[Dan Shane]

JOHN GARVIN WROTE:

> According to the last couple of world census reports, Roman Catholics come
in at
> 1,026,501, while Muslims number 1,164,622.  And as far as I can tell,
there have
> been more Muslims than Catholics in the world for quite awhile.  FYI.

AND I REPLY:

You are quite correct, of course.  I didn't think things through when I
typed that statement, and should have qualified it by saying that Caholics
are the most populous religion in Christendom or the western world.

Thanks for catching my error, John.