As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

The African continent is home to one-fifth of the world's Catholics. Many are hoping the next pope will come from their ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...

Historians believe say three popes wit connections to Africa don dey, di most recent of wey bin reign over 1,500 years ago.

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...