In the 2006 dystopian action film Children of Men, humanity is in a bit of trouble. For reasons which aren’t wholly understood, humanity has experienced 18 years of infertility. The youngest human on ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — The world's population will likely hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in ...

The global human population has been climbing for the past two centuries. But what is normal for all of us alive today — growing up while the world is growing rapidly — may be a blip in human history.

The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world has shown steady growth, while the number of religious men and women continued to decrease, according to Vatican statistics. At the end of ...