[xzins]

Since there are one billion catholics, and that poster said they add 250 million per year, that means they have gone from nothing to one billion in 4 years, presumably.

In short, the Catholic church didn’t exist 5 or 6 years ago.

(I, too, suspect something wrong with that number.)

[big'ol_freeper]

I'm sorry. Too many zeros. Depending on the year it seems to range between 15 and 25 million in growth. This is a recent article on Church growth:

Vatican stats: Catholic Church growing, especially in Asia, Africa