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TechnoratiVatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano reported last month that for the first time in history, Muslims outnumbered Catholics in the world. Catholics accounted for 17.4 percent of the world population – a stable percentage – while Muslims were at 19.2 percent.
But many are hoping that the Pope's six-day visit, April 15-20, to the United States will inspire young Catholics in their faith.
"So often they think of the church as just our parish. This will help them see the Catholic Church is universal," Krissy Brown, 26, a youth leader, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
"One of the things he said early on was the church is always young," said Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl, according to the newspaper.
"It's always there for young people. I think young people see that in this pope. They hear in his message words of hope, words of challenge."
The Pope will celebrate his 81st birthday on April 16. He is slated to hold an open-air mass in Washington, D.C., before heading out to New York on April 18 where he will address the United Nations.
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