A century ago, Europe was home to nearly 70% of the world's Catholics, while Africa accounted for less than 2%. Today, that dynamic has completely flipped. Africa is recording historic growth in priests, sisters, and seminarians, while the Church in the West faces empty pews and rapid secularisation. But what happens when the demographic heart of the Catholic Church shifts to the Global South, while money, administrative power, and centuries of infrastructure remain anchored in the West?
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