Key Takeaways: Catholic Religion
Catholicism is a Christian religion, a reformation of the Jewish faith that follows the teachings of its founder Jesus Christ
Like other Christian religions as well as Judaism and Islam, it is also an Abrahamic religion, and Catholics consider Abraham as the ancient patriarch
The current head of the church is the Pope, who resides in Vatican City
There are 2.2 billion Catholics in the world today, 40 percent of whom live in Latin America