In God's Name
Faiths Represented
Faiths: Followers
Anglicans worldwide: 73 million
Baptists worldwide: 70 million
Buddhists worldwide: 376 million
Catholics worldwide: 1 billion
Hindus worldwide: 900 million
Jews worldwide: 14 million
Lutherans worldwide: 65 million
Orthodox Christians worldwide: 240 million
Shia Muslims worldwide: 120 million
Shintos worldwide: 106 million
Sikhs worldwide: 23 million
Sunni Muslims worldwide: 940 million
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Spiritual Leaders
- Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Orthodox Church
- Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi), a Hindu spiritual leader
- Pope Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church
- The Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists
- Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, a prominent Shi'ite Muslim leader
- Bishop Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and President of the Lutheran World Federation
- High Priest Michihisa Kitashirakawa, Daiguji (Shinto Priest) of the Grand Shrine of Ise
- Rabbi Yona Metzger, Chief Rabbi of Israel, Ashkenazi
- Dr. Frank Page, President of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Imam Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, Sheikh of Al-Azhar and a prominent Sunni Muslim leader
- Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the Sikhs' highest authority
- Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England