But all Christians still out number Muslims.
Sure. But I sincerely doubt that the Pope speaaks for any other Christians than the Catholic (and Catholic united orthodox).
The Guardian (page 6 in the print edition):
Number of Muslims ahead of Catholics, says Vatican:
Quote:Applying the percentages to the 2006 world population of about 6.5 billion, Muslims would have made up 1.25 billion of the total, Catholics 1.13 billion and all Christians 2.15 billion.
The numbers were published as a dialogue begins between Muslims and the Vatican to try to patch up a series of differences, starting in 2006 when Pope Benedict gave a speech in which he quoted a Byzantine emperor claiming that Islam was inherently violent.