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'Islam world's largest religion'
Last Modified: 30 Mar 2008
Source:
PA News
The Vatican acknowledged that Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion.
Vittorio Formenti, who compiles the Vatican's yearbook, said that Roman Catholics account for 17.4% of the world population - a stable percentage - while Muslims are on the rise at 19.2%.
Mr Formenti, in comments to Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, said the data referred to 2006.
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